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of the Emperor Tao Eaang, bat soon retired to wait apon his aged mother. Betarning to office in 1847, he rose in 1856 to be Chancellor of the Han-lin College and a Grand Secretary. Canonised as ^ J^, and included in the Temple of Worthies. Weng Mdng-t§ ^^^ (T. ^ 1^)- Idth cent. A.D. A 2312 native of || g Shou-ch'ang in Chehkiang, who graduated as chin shih about 1250. He then retired into private life, and occupied himself with teaching and writing. Author of the ^ ^ ^ ^ , a work on the Spring and Autumn Annals; also of the ^^9ff the |||£r. the j^il, the 3|^^||^, and the j^^

Weng T^ung-ho ^ ^ ^^. A native of Eiangsn, who graduated ^13 as first chin shih in 1856 and in 1872 was a secretary to the Grand Council. He was tutor to the Emperor, and supposed to advocate reactionary measures. Chancellor of the Han-Iin Collie in 1881, he joined the Grand Council in 1882, but was removed from it with loss of rank in 1894. In November of the same year he was directed to assist Prince Rung in organising the armies of the Imperial Prefecture; and being already President of the Board of Revenue, he was again admitted to the Grand Council. In 1895 he became President of the ^ jf^ ^ Peking College. Wdng I ^ ^ (H. S^ ^ ). A native of ^ ^ Ch'ung-an 2314 in Fuhkien, who flourished as a scholar under the Sung dynasty and was a devoted adherent of the school of Chu Ebi. He was specially learned in the Spring and Autumn Annals^ and in philosophy. Known as ft # 5fe ^•

Western Royal Mother, The. See Hsi Wang Mu. White Emperor, The. See Kang-sUn Shu.

Wo-jen ^ fH. A Manchu, who in 1861 was a Grand Secretary 2316 and one of the first members of the Tsung-li Yam6n. He was notorious for his blind hatred of foreigners, declaring in a secret memorial to