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him to be Imperial Artisi-in-chief. His style was t>rigiaal, aad he drew figures of men and animals, spirits and "demons, honses and foliage, with equal success.

Wu Ti. See (Han) Liu Ch*e; (Chin) Ssu-ma Ten; (K Song) Liu Yil; (Gh4) Hsiao Tse; (Liang) Hsiao Yen; (Ch'^n) Ch'en Paphsien; (N. Chou) Yil-wen Yung.

2350 Wu Tien ^^H (T. >f|g ^). Died A.D. 1705. A natiye of Shansi, who graduated as chin shih in 1659 and rose bj 1694 to be Viceroy of Hn-Euang. His snccessfhl administration was rewarded with the Presidency of the Censorate in 1696 and in 1698 he became a Grand Secretary, because, as the Emperor *K^ang Hn remarked, even those whom he had denounced praised his pnriif and thoroughness. He was a master of precedent and roatine, and Tery useful to the Emperor. His most famous saying was that howerer provincial posts might vary in climate and quality, the loye of wealtii and the love of life were found in the people of all alike, and to act in sympathy with these instincts constituted a good officer. Canonised as ^ Jjj^, and included in the Temple of Worthies.

2351 Wu Ting ^ ^ (T. ^ ^). Graduated as chu jen in 1744, and served in the Grand Secretariat. He wrote chiefly on the Canon of Changes, publishing the ^ P\ ^^ a^d ^e f§ ^ ^ ^

, the latter being a collection of the views of ten scholars of the Sung, Yiian, and Ming dynasties.

Wu T*ing-fting. See Ng Choy.

Wu Tsung. See (T'ang) Li Yen; (Ming) Chu Hou-ohao.

2352 Wu Tsung-ytlan ^ ^ tC (T. H :S ). 10th cent. A.D. A native of ^ ^ Po-p^o in Honan, who rose to great distinction as a painter. He was however an extremely slow worker, and on one occasion when he carried a completed picture to a purchaser who had ordered it, he found that the latter had already been dead for some time.