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Hapeh, and Eiangsi, and was popularly known to the enemy as "Tiger Wang." Canonised as }jt:g^.

2141 WangCll*eng 3E ^ (T. ^^). A.D. 273-817. A natife of Shansi, who distinguished himself by his youthful talents and was favourably noticed by Wang Yen. About the year 301 he was driven by the prevailing anarchy to the south, but soon afterwards became GoYernor of Tung-hai in Kiangsu. Resigning this poet before very long, he quietly made his way, in spite of the dangers of the road, to the modern Nanking, where he accepted office under the Emperor Yuan Ti and aided in consolidating the E. Chin dynasty. See Wang Hsi-chih,

2142 Wang CU 3^ ^ (T. >f|g ||). Died A.D. 261. A native of

\jfy ^ Ch*CL-ch*£ng in Shantung, who being left an orphan was most carefully brought up by an uncle. He rose to high office under Ts'ao P^ei, first Emperor of the Wei dynasty, whose excessive leanings towards Buddhism he did not hesitate to censure, pointing out that water which enabled ships to float was also an instrument of their destruction. He opposed the innovations of Wang Su in the interpretation of the Canon of Changes and also in State ceremonial, the result being that he was compelled to take a provincial post But he came again to the front and was ennobled as Biarquis by the Emperor Shao Ti. Author of the ^ ^ Ij^ » a work on the political needs of the day. Canonised as

2143 Wang Chi ^^ or ^fffj {T. ^ g^). 6th and 7th cent A.D. A native of Lung-mdn in Shansi, who as a youth was oft wild and unconventional disposition. He objected to perform the ordinary ceremonial of greetings, and refused to take any part in family condolences or congratulations. He obtained an appointment in the Imperial Library, but disliked the restraint of Court ^^ was moreover always getting drunk. The country too was in confbfflon from the rebellion of Li Ytian, founder of the T*ang dynasty; an*!