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W£n Ti, had the same surname as his own; in fact she turned out to be his sister, to whom he eventually succeeded in making himself known. He and his brother were taken into the palace and their education was properly attended to, and in 156 Tou Kuang-kuo was ennobled as Marquis. Canonised as Tou Mo WIR (T. g|j)^ or •^^) A.D. 1196-1280. A 1961 native of flC ^ Fei-hsiang in Chihli, who at the end of the Chin* dynasty retired to Ta-ming and devoted himself to study, together with Hsil H6ng and Yao Shu. Eublai Ehan, while still a Prince, sent messengers to invite him, upon which he changed his name from j^ Chieh to Mo. He was however discovered, and impressed on Eublai Ehan the necessity of sincerity and uprightness as the foundation of good government. He returned to Ta-ming a State pensioner, but on the accession of Eublai he was summoned to Court and was appointed an Expositor in the Han-lin College. He recommended Hsil HSng and Shih T4en-ts£, and denounced the self-seeking narrow policy of the Minister ^E ^ ^t ^^^g W^n-t^ung. He soon retired in ill-health, but was once more called to the capital on the fall of Wang WSn-t^ung in 1262, when he urged the establishment of a system of national education. He was often likened to Chi An ; and Eublai said that if the heart of Tou Mo and the head of Yao Shu were united in one person, the result would be a perfect man. Canonised as ^ ]£.

Tou Shu-hsiang ^ ;fe ffi) (T. ^ it ). 8th cent. A.D, A 1962

native of :^ J^ Fu-f§ng in Shensi, who was a poet and official under the T^ang dynasty. His eight sons were also poets, and their poems were issued under the title of ^ ^ ^.

Tou Ts*an ¥# (T. ^4*)- ^•'^' 734-793. A corrupt 1963 Minister under the Emperor T^ Tsung of the T*ang dynasty. He studied law in his youth, and rose to be a Supervising Censor, a post in which his bold remonstrances gained for him great influence.