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every hint of her wishes. He was oltiiiiately ennpbled as E^rioee, and but for the opposition of Ti Jen-chieh, would ha?e been named Heir Apparent. When the Emperor Chung Tsnng regained the throne iu 705, he was made Minister of Justice through the influence of the Empress j^ Wei, whose paramour he was; and he soon became all-powerful, even contriving the death of the five loyal men to whom the Emperor owed his re-instatement. At last the Heir Apparent, fearing to be displaced, slew him and his son. He was canonised as ^, but the Emperor Jui Tsnng caused his tomb to be opened and his corpse to be flung out.

2344 Wu Shih-yii i^ ± 3& (T. ^ \\\). Died A.D. 1733. Editor of the poetry of the four dynasties, Sung, Chin, THan, and Ming, and famous for his immense learning. He took his degree in 1676, and rose to be President of the Board of Rites. Canonised as ^ J^.

2346 Wu Shu i^ ^ (T. jE ^). A.D. 947-1002. A native of ^ ^ Tan-yang in Saangsu, who distinguished' himself while quite a youth by his literary ability and attracted the notice of Han Hsi-tsai. For a long time he was unable to secure a post in the public service, and endured great poverty; but at length he was placed upon the commissions which produced the famous encyclopedia ^ ^ ^ ^, and the ^^^ 0^ He also published the ^ )@ ^ f which formed the basis of the well-known and more modern repertory the ^ ^ ||^ ^, and was employed upon the annab of the reign of T'ai Tsung, second Emperor of the Sung dynasty.

2346 Wu-sun Kung Chu J^^^^^- 1st and 2nd cent. B.C. The Princess of Wu-sun, whose personal name was ^Q ^. She was related to the Emperor Wu Ti of the Han dynasty, and was bestowed in marriage upon ^ ^ E'un-mo, the aged Prince of Wu-sud, a Turkic State in Central Asia, as the price of his alliance with China against the Hsiung-nu. After her husband's death she was taken in marriage by his grandson. At length in B.C. 51 she was