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State iu E^ou Chun's place; but his rule was oppressiye, and in consequence of the disgraceful behaviour and execution of one of his creatures, upon the representations of Wang Ts'Sng he was degraded. The opportunity was taken to accuse him of witchcraft, and he was sent into banishment and passed the remaining yean of his life at proTincial posts. The people used to sing some doggerel verses culling for the restoration of E^ou Chun, and ending thus:

If the empire's peace you prize,

Take this Ting (= nail) out of our eyes.

Was one of the Five Devils (see Wang ChHn-jo). 1943 To-lung-o ^^^ (T. ig ^). A.D, 1817-1864. A Mongol, who was associated with S£ng-ko-lin-8in in repelling the T'ai-ping advance upon Peking iu 1852. In 1855 he was sent to Hupeh, and afterwards with Pao Gh^ao besieged An-chMng. On the fall of An-ch4n^ he was appointed Tartar General at Ghing-chou, and in 1802 h«) was sent as Imperial Commissioner to clear the rebels ntif. r»f HlinriNi. When this work was on the point of accomphsh- ntntif«, lin wiiM wouuded at an assault upon a small city, and died of Uin wound. He is said to have been quite unable to read or wrilo, though admittedly a very skilful strat^^t. Canonised as

mi T*0-t*o jj^jj^ (T. ;^ffi). A.D. 1318-1355. The son of a

prominent Mongol official, who received a command in the Imperial Body-guard at an early age and in 133.3 was a State Councillor and President of the Censorate. When his uncle -fj^ §^ Po-yen (see Tohan Tiniur) tried to obtain supreme control in the Grovem- ment, be leagued himself with the only two loyal officials left in the Couucil and in 1339 brought about the banishment of Po-yen to Honan. Two years later he became a Minister of State and reversed his uncle's policy, restoring the literary examinations and thereby earning great popularity. In 1344 he retired in ill-health,