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2089 Tung Ch*i-ch*ang H^g (T. yt^)- A.D. 1555-1636. A metropolitan o£Scial under the Ming dynasty, and a celebrated calligrapfaist. Inventor of the style of writing known as j^^«

2090 Tung-ch*ing-fa |^ ]^ il- Died A.D. 1748. Sou of Tung-kuo- wei. He rose to be Viceroy of yarioas provinces and in 1745 he became a Grand Secretary. He was cashiered in 1747 for felsely reporting the defeat and death of the escaped chief of ^ ^ j^ Ta-chien-lu in Sstich^uan, and in the following year he was ordered to commit suicide.

2091 Tung Oho H ^ (T. # ||). Died A.D. 192. A native of Qg j^^ Lin-t4ao in modern Eansuh. As a youth he trayelled among the Tanguts and other border tribes, where he made many friends. Some of these following him home, in order to entertain them he

. slew his farm oxen. This proof of a£Pection so touched their hearts that on their return these friends sent him a thousand head of cattle as a present. He was skilled in military exercises and knew something of the art of war. His first distinction was gained in an attack on P4ng-chou in modern Chihli. The reward for this service, consisting of 9000 rolls of silk, he distributed among his comrades. Later on, for failure in his operations against the Yellow Turbans, he was disgraced; but when ^ ^ Han Sui rebelled he was recalled, and by his successes soon obtained restoration to favour. He was then sent against the turbulent border tribes, whom he overcame rather by strategy than by hard fighting. When Ho Chin, uncle of the Heir Apparent, together with YtLan Shao and others, determined to interfere in the succession, they invited Tung Cho to the capital; but before he could arrive Ho Chin had fallen a victim to the revenge of the eunuchs, who in the confusion carried o£P the youthful Emperor. Tung Cho was partly instrumental in restoring the latter to his throne; but soon after, when mntoal jealousies had left him master of the situation, he deposed the bo;-