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Emperor Hsieh Ti and set up the still more youthful Prince of ^ ^ Ch^Su-Iiu under the style of Hsien Ti. After this, his cruelty and arrogance exceeded all bounds. He went to Court booted and armed; he did not use his personal name when addressing the Emperor; be made officers of high rank kneel to him, while he himself did not deign to return their salutes. On one occasion he sent his soldiers to a village at the time of the spring gathering, slew all the men and gave the women to his soldiers. In A.D. 190 be burnt the capital, Lo-yang, with all its palaces and temples, and removed the Emperor to Ch*ang-an. His tyranny was so complete that men were terrified into silence, only venturing to exchange glances as they passed along the street. He destroyed the bronze images, using the metal to coin debased cash. He built for his clansmen the city of ^[Sii^ Mei-wu, said to be an exact counterpart of the capital. At length Wang Ydn and others succeeded in persuading Tung Cho's trusty lieutenant Lti Pu to join them, and this last assassinated him in the palace. His corpse was cast out and exposed to the worst indignities in the market-place.

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native of Euang-chou, who was such an eager student that he drew down his blind and for three years never looked out into the garden. Under the Emperor Ching Ti he became a Doctor of the Academy of Learning, and taught a large number of pupils. Under the Emperor Wu Ti he was appointed Minister at Chiang-tu, the modern Yang-chou in Eiangsu, to the Emperor's brother, the Prince of ^ I, but he did not hold the post long. He then wrote a book on extraordinary phenomena, which was shown by a jealous rival to the Emperor. The Emperor submitted it to a conclave of scholars; and one of them, a disciple of Tung's, not knowing that the work was from his master's pen, denounced it as foolish. Tung was condemned to death, but was pardoned and