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his soldiery upon a defenceless foe. The upshot was that king Hni was compelled to cede to Gh'in a laige slice of territory, and Wei Yang was ennobled as Prince of ^ Shang. Hence he is often spoken of as ^ ^ and as Shang Yang. In B.C. 338 Dnke Hsiao died, and was sncceeded by that Heir Apparent whose sensibility had been wounded by the indignities pnt upon his gaardian and his tntor. Wei Yang felt that he was in danger andT fled to Wei, bnt the people of that State would have nothing to do with him and drove him back to Ch'in. It was on this occasion that he was refused shelter in an inn, because, as the innkeeper pointed out, in accordance with his own laws, he had not pro Tided himself with a passport He then took refuge in his fief and offered armed resistance; but was speedily overpowered and killed, and his whole .fSftmily exterminated. 3397 Wei Tao ^ @ (T. ^ @). 3rd cent. A.D. A native of Ydn- yang in Chehkiang, whose personal name was originally ^ Chao. In 252 he became Grand Historiographer, and was employed upon the dynastic history, and in 264, when Sun Hao mounted the throne, he was ennobled as Marquis* The latter wished that an Imperial biography should be written of his £Uher, Son Ho; but Wei Yao pointed out that as he had never actoally sat npon the throne, his biography must appear in the history nnder his name and not under his canonisation. This led to a mptnre between them, and the Emperor soon fonnd means to aeenae Wei Yao of disloyalty. He was thrown into prison, and in qiite of the inter- cession of friends was put to death. He was a fine scholar. He enlaiged the ^ ^ of Liu Ch^n, and published an edition of the

«98 Wei Yeh fi If (T. # ^ ). Died A.D. 1019. A native of PP[ Shan^hou in Honan« who became a rednse, living in a straw hut and calling himadf ^ ^ Jg ±. He posed his time in