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Rh undertook a diplomatic mission by which the Lu State was saved from destruction at the hands of T4en Chiang. Posthumously ennobled as 3^^.

Tuan-BUn Shih iSft-^ Sffi (T. -^ 5g). One of the disciples 2084 of Confucius, classed among the Four Friends of the Master.

Tuan Tsung. See Chao Shih.

Tuan Wen.ch*ang jgl ^ g (T. ^ ^ ). Died A.D. 835. A 2085 protege of the powerful Wei Kao, who rose to be President of the Board of War and was' ennobled as Duke. He was remarkable for his love of good cookery, and "Hall for the Refinement of Pearls" was inscribed above his kitchen door. Over a hundred maid-servants were employed in preparing his meals, nine of whom were entrusted with general management and the secret of the recipes. He wrote a cookery-book in fifty chapters, popularly known as ^^4^

Tuan Yeh J^ ||. Died A.D. 401. Governor of ^ J^ Chien- 2086 k'ang in Eiangsu, who in 897 founded the N. Liang^ State in Eansuh, with Chil-ch^ii M^ng-hsfln as his Chancellor. In 898 he took the title of king, and three years later he was murdered by M6ng-hs^n.

Tuan Yti-ts^ai Jg: 3S i((T. ^ jji and ^^ ^ ). A.D. 2087

1735 — 1815. A native of ^ ^ Chin-t'an in Kiangsu. He graduated as chii jen in 1760 and served as Magistrate in Kueichou and SsHch'uan until 1781 when he retired on the plea of ill-health. He was a profound scholar and a voluminous writer, but the one work by which he is known is an edition of the Shuo Win under

the title of ift ^ jif ^ >^.

Tung An-yti |£ ^ -f'. A worthy of old, who because he was 2088 of a sluggish disposition always carried about with him a bow-string, to stimulate him towards that rapidity of action which the string may be said to symbolise. He became involved in political troubles and sacrificed himself for the good of his State by committing suicide.