Page:A Chinese Biographical Dictionary.djvu/843

824

led to his temporary degradation. As Governor of Tong-chou he introduced many reforms, but his seyerity gave rise to the saying, "The eyebrows of Hsfian-mo never relax." He was summoned to the capital by the Emperor, who nicknamed him ^"f^ ^® ^^^ Rogue. In 466 he aided in the suppression of the southern rebellion against the Emperor Ming Ti, who made him Governor of Chiang- chou and loaded him with honours. Canonised as ^^.

2181 Wang Hstian-ts'e £ ^ ^ • 7th cent. A.D. An official sent in 646 on an embassy to the king of Eanyakubdja. He only arrived however in the year 655, just as the king died; and being dismissed by a usurper named p^ j|^ ^ )|^ A-lo-na-shun he retreated into Tibet, where he succeeded in raising an army. He then attacked the usurper, and took him prisoner; and after capturing several other petty kings and carrying off a vast amount of booty, he returned in 661 to China to lay his captives and loot at the feet of the Emperor. He appears to have made a previous expedition into India in 648, on which occasion he measured the abode of Yimalakirti at Yaisali; and finding it to be ten feet square he called it a ^ ^, a term now applied to a Buddhist abbot.

2182 Wang Hu ^j^ (T. ;^^). Died A.D. 1008. A native of Ta-ming in Chihli, whose literary compositions early attracted the notice of Sang Wei-hau. Entering the public service, he rose to be Vice President of the Board of War. He had three sons, and before his door he planted three huai (Sophora japonica^ L.) trees, in token that they would all rise to be Ministers of State. Hence the family was known as the ^ >|^ J ^. See Wang Tan.

2183 WangHui S )^ or ^ g (T. ;5 ^). A.D. 1632-1720. A native of Chehkiang, and a left-handed painter, popularly known 3c. » ^^^ could place upon a fan landscape to a distance of about 3,000 miles! He was also famous for his pictures of priests, and for his figures of men and animals.