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him. Later on, when Ts'ao Ts^ao wished to make Ts'ao Cfaih his heir, Ting I supported the idea, thus deeply offending Ts^ao Pei, who on mounting the throne tried to force him to commit- suicide. Ting I resisted; whereupon he was thrown into prison npon some trifling charge, and executed.

1934 Ting Jih-ch*ang T ^ (H. ^ ^). AD. 1823 -1882, A native of Euangtnng, who graduated as hHu t8*ai and rose to be Taot'ai at Shanghai in 1865. In 1867 he was Lieutenant Governor, and in 1868 Governor, of Eiangsu. He was at one time Super- intendent of the Soochow arsenal, and in 1870 he was a Commis- sioner for the settlement of questions arising out of the Tientsin Massacre. In 1874 he was Naval Commissioner at Foochow, and in 1875 he was summoned to Tientsin to assist Li Hung-chang in the management of foreign affairs, after which he became Gevemor of Fuhkien. In 1878 he was sent to Foochow to settle a serious missionary difficulty in connection with some building operations upon j^ ^ |lj Wu-shih-shan, and on the completion of this task he retired into private life, carrying with him a spotless reputation.

1936 Ting Ju-ch*ang T i^ ^ (T. ^ 4^). Died 1895. Known to foreigners as "Admiral Ting.'* A native of Wu-hu in Auhui, who entered the army as a private at the age of sixteen. He fought under Li Hung-chang against the T'ai-p4ng rebels, and rose to be a colonel. In 1880 he was placed in command of a small fleet of gunboats, and is said to have soon learnt as much of navigation and seamanship as was known by his officers who had been specially trained. In 1882 he was appointed to the rank of Brigade Generalt and in 1884 was sent to England to bring out some new cmiseis. In 1888 he was made an Admiral, and in September 1894 b^ fought the Japanese fleet at the mouth of the Yalu river. After s disastrous naval action he retired with the remnant of his fleet to