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whenever the father struck a gong to summon his son, the bird would imitate the servants and shriek out "P'i-pa! P'i-pa!" But the boy died, and the gong was no longer heard. One day some one struck it by accident, and immediately the parrot's cry of "P'i-pa!" was heard resounding through the house. At this the old man seized a pen and wrote the following lines;

The parrot calls him as of yore, Though P'i-pa's earthly days are o'er Together, to this distant shore. We crossed, but shall return no morel

Ere long the father had followed his son; however in 1094 his rank was restored and he was canonised as J^ '^.

1974 Ts^ai Hsiang ^^ (T. #^). A.D. 1011-1066. A natife

of f[lj ^ Hsien-yu in Fuhkien, who distinguished himself as poet and official under the Emperor Jen Tsung of the Sung dynasty. He rose to be President of the Board of Bites, and was canonised

1975 Ts'ai Hsin ^ |ff (T. ^ 1^. H. ^ ll|). A.D. 1707-1800. A native of Chang-p*u in Fuhkien, who graduated as cMn shih in 1736 but soon retired for several years to wait upon his aged mother. From 1783 to 1785 he was a Grand Secretary, and much trusted by the Emperor Ch4en Lung. He compiled the ^ ^^i a digest of the teachings of famous philosophers on the cultivation of the intellectual powers, and he also published a collection of poems and essays. At his death the Emperor publicly recorded the benefit that he and his brothers had gained in their youth from Ts'ai Hsin*s teachings. Canonised as ^ ^, and included in the Temple of Worthies.

1976 Ts'ai Luan ^ ^. 4th and 5th cent. A.D. Daughter of Wa M6ng. She studied the black art under ^ ^ Hsiu Ying, daughter of T ^k ^^^S If ^^0 taught her father. She married a man named