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and rebellions, until at length he was slain by Wan-yen Liang. Canonised as SEj| ^.

2132 Wan-yen Yiin-Chi ^M/t^- Son of Wan-yen Pou and I uncle to Wan-yen Kung, whom he succeeded in A.D. 1209 as

seventh Emperor of the Chin* dynasty. During* his short reign the Mongols twice laid siege to Peking, and much land remained untilled owing to a general feeling of insecurity. In 1213 he was deposed by Wan-yen Hsun, and was shortly afterwards assassinated. Known in history as ^ ^ ^.

2133 Wang An-kUO i ^ H (T. ^ "^). Hth cent. A.D. Younger brother of Wang An-shih. After failing several times for his degree, he gave up competing and spent three years mourning by his mother^s grave. In 1068 he received a degree by an act of Imperial grace, and was appointed Director of Studies to the Heir Apparent at the western capital. At the expiration of his term of office he went to Court, and in consequence of his relationship to the great Innovator he was honoured with an audience. The disparaging remarks which he made on his brother^s policy displeased the Emperor, who however gave him an appointment in the Imperial

i Library. While at the western capital he had been a great deal

too fond of licentiousness and debauchery, in consequence of which Wang An-shih had advised him, in the words of Confucius, to avoid the "music of Chfing;" to which Wang An-kuo retorted bj advising his brother to beware of "smart-tongued flatterers." Upon the fall of Wang An-shih, he attached himself to the fortunes of g ^ ^ Lii Hui-ch^ng; but he got into trouble over the attacks upon the government made by ^ 'j^ Ch6ng Chieh, and was cashiered.

2134 Wang An-shih ^ ^ ;5 (T. ^ -f- . H. ^ fjj ). A.D. 1021-

1086. A native of Lin-ch'uan in Eiangsi, and son of a secretary in one of the Boards. He was a keen student, and in composition liis