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Little Yao-and-Shun." He was neglectful howeyer of his frontier defences, and thus left a legacy of much annoyance to his saccessors. Canonised as -U; ^.

Wan-yen Sheng ^ H ^. Died A.D. 1184. Brother of Akuta, 2129 whom he succeeded in 1123 as second Emperor of the Chin^ dynasty. His reign was one long struggle with the House of Sung, resulting in considerable accession of territory to the Chins^ In 1126 the capital, now E*ai-£Sng Fu in Honan, was twice besieged; on the first occasion for 33 days, when a heavy ransom was exacted and some territory was ceded; on the second occasion for 40 days, when it fell and was given up to pillage. In 1127 the Sung Emperor Ch^n Tsung was carried away to the north, and Chang Pang-ch^ang was set up. In 1129 the Emperor Eao Tsung was forced to move his capital to Hangchow; but that too fell, all Shantung, Honan, and Eiangnan, having been previously overrun by the victorious Chins*. Canonised as "^ ^.

Wan-yen Shou-hsii ^ ^ ^ ^. Died A.D.- 1234. Third son 2130 of Wan-yen Hstln, whom he succeeded in 1224 as ninth Emperor of the Chin* dynasty. Failing to negotiate peace with the Mongols he was besi^ed in the city of E'ai-f(§ng Fu in Honan. Escaping from this he shut himself up in the modern ^^ ^ Ju-ning Fu; and there, after an heroic defence, he committed suicide. He entrusted the Imperial regalia to ^ ]|p| Ch*£ng-lin, one of his generals, sometimes called ^ ^, who was slain at the assault on the citadel by the allied forces of Mongols and Chinese. Canonised as

Wan-yen Tan ^^^. Died A.D. 1149. Eldest grandson of 2131 Akuta and third Emperor of the Chin^ dynasty, to the throne of which he succeeded in 1134. In 1137 peace negotiations were opened with the House of Sung, and in 1139 Shensi- and Honan were restored to the latter. The rest of his reign was marked by calamities