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of his son, a boy of 13, who slew the aceoMr. He oltiiiuUely became an Archirist in the Imperial Academy. 91167 Tu ShOU-tlen ^ $ ffl (T. ^ Jg).AJ).1787— 1852. Anatire of f^ Pin-chon in Shantong, who giadaated as fiwrtli ckim sUk in 1823 and serred' in literary and edneational posts until in 1836 he became tutor to the fntnre Emperor Hsien Fteg. Canonised as ^ jE 9 ^^^ included in the Temple of Worthiea.

Tn Tsong. See Chao Ch'L

2«68 Tu Tsa-Ch'on ^ -^ ^. lat cent B.C. and A.D. A natite ^^ i^ ^ Koa-shih in modern Honan. He was a distingnished scholar, and published an edition of the ^ j/^ Ritual of the Cbw Staff. In 647 his tablet was placed in the Gonfacian Temple.

2^m Tu Wen-hfidu ^ ^ ^. Died A.D. 1872. Commonly known as Sultan Suleiman of the Panthays of TfLnnan. A Mahomedan of Ta-li Fu, who had a great reputation for ability and integrity among the Mussulmans who formed one-ihird of its population. He came to the rescue of his co-religionists when in May 1856 an attempt was made to massacre them. Chosen as their Snltan, he sent agents to Bm-mah to buy arms and munitions of war; and secure in the natural fortress of Ta-li, he was soon master of all western Ytonan up to the frontier of Burmah. In 1863 he repulsed with heavy loss two armies sent against him from the prorindal capital; and five years later, on the invasion of Ma Hsien becoming a rout, he laid siege to Yfinnan Fu, until famine and disease forced him to retire. The end of the T^ai-p'ing rebellion set free the whole resources of the empire against him, and he remained inactive while the Imperialists leisurely advanced westward. In 1871 he tried vainly, by sending his son. Prince Hassan, to obtain aid from England; and the following year saw the enemy at the gates of Ta-li. The treacherous surrender of its Lower Barrier followed, and after many vain sorties a promise of peace was obtained at the price of Ta*8