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794 Chehkiang to order in the early days of Manchn rale, and also captured Chêng Chih-lung and defeated his son Koxinga.

2099 Tung-kuo-kang of Tang-t'u-lai He was employed by the Emperor K'ang Hsi to fix the boundary between China and Russia, and in 1679 he and So-o-t'u, a Chamberlain, met the Russian envoy  Feodor Golovin at Nertchinsk and agreed that the rivers Argon and Gerbitsa shonld form the frontier. Was killed by a gnnshot in 1690, daring the expedition against Galdan, the Elalmnck chieftain. Canonised as

2100 Tung-kuo-wei Brother of Tang- kuo-kang. He revealed the conspiracy of Wu San-kuei's son in 1674, and in 1682 rose to be a Minister of State. In 1689, on his daoghter becoming Empress, he was ennobled as Dnke. Next year he shared in the expedition against Galdan and was degraded for remissness, but subsequently recovered his position. Later on he incurred Uie Emperor's wrath by heading ajoint memorial advising the substitution of a younger son for the Heir Apparent who was suffering from mania. Canonised as.

2101 Tung Shih. The virtuous wife of Chia Chih-yen of the T'ang dynasty. When he was banished, he advised her to marrry some one else; but she bound up her hair into a knot, and swore to him that only he should ever again unloose it. Returning after a lapse of thirty years, he found the knot untouched.

2102 Tung-t'u-lai. A.D. 1606- 1658. A Manchu, who played a distinguished part in the conquest of China. In 1648 he was appointed Commander-in-chief in the south, and drove the Mings out of Hunan and defeated them in Kuangsi. By special permission his father retained his original Manchu nationality, though Tung Yang-hsing's branch of the family were reckoned Chinese Bannermen. Enobled as Viscount, and canonised as.