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point, bat took no notiee, merely telling Wei Hoan that be w«8 ▼ery drank indeed. Wei solMeqoently fell a Tietim to palace inti^aes and the wrath of the Empress ^ J^ Cbia Hon, who bated his probity and nprightness, and he was pat to deatb together with nine members of his fEunily. Canonised as J^.

2277 Wei Hung. ^^ (T. Ig; #). 1st cent A.D. A natire of Tung- hai in Eiangsa, who became a deroted student of ancient liteiatare, especially of Mao Chiang's text of the Odes for which be wrote a pre&ce. He also composed a treatise on the ancient Han ceremonial, and contriboted generally to the reriral of dassical stadies. He rose to be a Priry Coandllor ander the Emperor Enang Wo' Ti.

2278 Wei I-chieh M^ ^ (T- ^6 ^' ^ jk^ "d ^ #).

A.D. 1616-1686. A natire of Chihli, who graduated as chtn shA in 1646 and served for fbnrteen years in tiie Censorate, rising in 1660 to be President of the Board of Civil Office. He persuaded the Emperor Shun Chih not to confine Governorships to Manchos, and introduced many other important reforms. He planned the strategy by which the rebels and partisans of the Biing dynasty in Ssttch^uan and Euangsi were reduced to submission. However shortly after the accession of the Emperor E'ang Hsi his enenues succeeded in ousting him from the good graces of his Majesty, and in 1671 he retired into private life, making it a rule never to allude to politics. He was the author of various works on government, metaphysics, and the Classics, and edited new editions of the great commentators. Canonised as ^ ^.

2279 Wei Jan ^^. Died B.C.? 265. A scion of the reigning House of Ch^a, who served the Ch4n State and played a leading part in the aggressive policy which culminated later on in the triumph of the First Emperor. His policy of treachery and force received a check in 298, but five years later he defeated Wei and Han, and in 290 and 289 annexed much of their territoiy; and