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Before very long Wang Yen-ping rebelled, but in 931 he took him prisoner and pat him to death. He then applied to be named Minister of State under the T^ang dynasty; and when this was refused, he threw off all allegiance and styled himself Emperor. Two of his sons quarrelling over the possession of one of his slave-girls, the elder, Wang Chiang, determined to kill the other. In the confusion which ensued upon this attempt, Wang Lin himself was mortally wounded, and one of his own women, pitying his sufferings, put him out of his agony. Though a cruel and immoral man, he was a very devout believer in Buddhism. Canonised as ^ ^ ^.

2200 Wang Ling ^ |^. Died B.C. 184. A native of P'ei in Eiangsu, who, at the time of the struggle between Liu Pang and Hsiaug Chi, raised a body of troops to the number of several thousand. Thereupon Hsiang Chi seized Wang's mother in the hope of securing her son's aid; but the old lady at once solved the difficulty by falling upon a sword and putting an end to her life. Wang Ling was subsequently ennobled as Marquis and advanced to high office; however, on the death of the Emperor Hui Ti he offended the Empress LH Hon by opposing her wishes in r^ard to the succession, and retired into private life.

2201 Wang Ling-yen 3E ^ ^. 6th and 7th cent. A.D. A famous musician who flourished under the Emperor Yang Ti of the Sui dynasty. One day he was waked from sleep by a new tune played by his son. Starting up in great alarm, he declared that the dying away of the ^ kung note (= C) indicated the final departure of his Majesty, who was in fact assassinated immediately afterwards.

2202 WangLun ^^ (T. jE^)- Died A.D. 1144. A native of the ^ Sh^n District in Shantung. His family was poor, and he had no means of advancement; in consequence of which he took to a roving life and soon acquired a swashbuckler reputation, often breaking the law but always managing to escape the penalty. In