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Yii-chou. He then incurred the animosity of the eunuch Chang Jang in connection with the Yellow Turban rebels with whom Chang was said to be in collusion, and he was forced to flee for safety into concealment and to live under an assumed name. Upon the accession of the Emperor Hsien Ti in 190 he returned and was restored to high o£Sce, but disgusted with the outrageous behaviour of Tung Cho he prevailed upon Lift Pu (see Ticu> Ch^an) to assassinate him. The result was that Tung Cho*s party, headed "^7 ^i^ ^^ Ts^ui, broke into open rebellion, and Wang Yfln was captured and put to death together with all his family.

2262 Wang Ttin ^^ (T. ^\ZY A.D, 330-384. An official of the Chin dyna£fty, who first distinguished himself as Governor of Wu-hsing, where during a severe famine he boldly spent public funds in relieving the starving poor before he had received authority to do so. ^* While I am waiting," he said, ''the people will perish; and there is no discredit in being punished for a righteous act.** For this he was promptly cashiered; however on the petition of the gentry of the district he received another appointment. His daughter then became consort of the Emperor Hsiao Wu Ti, and in order to escape suspicion he insisted on being sent to a provincial post. He had always been a hard drinker, and henceforth was very seldom sober; yet in spite of this failing he was always extremely popular.

2263 Wei Chao ^ ^. 8th cent. A.D. A scholar of the T'ang dynasty, who when he graduated as chin shih inscribe^ his name on the Jf^ ^ Goose Pagoda at ^ ;^ Ch'tl-chiang in Euangtung, a custom which afterwards became universal. He rose to be a secretary in the Grand Council, but fell under the displeasure of Yflan Tsai. Upon the death of the latter in 777 he was appointed Vice President in the Board of Civil Office.

2264 Wei Cheng |^ ^ (T. ^ )^). A.D. 581-643. A native of