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allowed to retom to China, that she might lay her bones in her Dati?e lanS. She is s^d to ha?e introduced the four-stringed '^balloon'* guitar, known as the ^ ^ pH pa. Wu Ta^h'eng J^^^ (T. M ^- H. ^^ gC). Bom 1833. 2847

A native of Soochow in Saangsu, who graduated as chin shih in 1868 and became a member of the Han-Iin College. In 1877 he was sent to assist Ten Ghing-ming in relieving the famine-stricken parts of Shansi. In 1878 he joined Tso Tsung-t^ang and served in the north-west, returning later on to Peking. In 1884 he went to Korea as Commissioner, upon the occasion of the revolution at Soul. After serving as Governor of Euangtung he became Director General of the Tellow River, and by 1889 succeeded in closing the great breach of ^ Chdng-chou. He was then appointed Governor of Hunan, and tried to introduce the telegraph but in vain. In 1894 he was ordered to Tientsin to assist Li Hung-chang against the Japanese; his efforts however were not rewarded with success, and he has since been living in retirement. He is said to be an enlightened man and well-disposed towards Europeans. Wu T*ai-po ^ :fe^fi. 13th cent. B.C. Eldest son of Tan Fu, 2848 Duke of Chou. He and his second brother ^ ^ Chung Yung being set aside by their father, who wished to make the third son, Chi Li, his heir, the two departed into the wilderness rather than interfere with the plans of their sire. They settled at 1^ S^ Mei-li in modern Eiangsu, and there their descendants were found some two centuries later by Wu Wang, the founder of the Chou dynasty.

Wu Tao-yiian ^^yt (T. M.^)- ^^^ ^®°^- ^•^- 0°® ^^ ^^*

the most famous artists of China, and founder of the Japanese school of painting. He was named ^ j^ ^ ^ the Prince of Painters of all generations. The Emperor Hsfian Tsung raised him from a petty post in Shantung to a place near his person, and appointed