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Wu Wang ^ ^. B.C. 1169-1116. The title under which ^ 2363 Fa, son of Wdn Wang and first sovereign of the Chou dynasty, was canonised and is known in history. Carrying on the operations of his father, in B.C. 1122 he assembled a vast army and utterly routed the forces of Chou Hsin at ^ ^ Mdng-chin in Honan. The dynasty of Shang was thus brought to a close, and the conqueror placed himself upon the throne.

Wu Wen-jung ^ ^ ^ (T. ^ ^. H. ^ ^ and >f^ :^). 23B4

A.D. 1791—1854. A native of "^ ^ I-cheng in Saangsu, who in 1841 was member of a Commission entrusted with the defence of Fuhkien against the British. In 1851 he was Viceroy in Yunnan and put the province into a state of defence against the T^ai-p4ng8, nudntaining good order untQ transferred in 1853 to Wu-ch'ang. There, after successfully standing a si^e, through the intrigues of the Governor, whom he had prevented from fleeing, he received orders &om Peking to recapture Huang-chou; and he was actually driven by the taunts of the Governor to attempt to do so with only some 7000 ill-equipped troops. He was surrounded by overwhelming numbers of the rebels, and committed suicide. Canonised as

Wu Yang ^ H^ • A famous physician of antiquity, said to ha?e 2355 been able to raise the dead.

Wu Yu i^ ^ (T. ^ ^ ). 2nd cent. A.D. Son of a Governor 2356 of Nan-hai in Euangtung. When twelve years of age his father wished to prepare an edition of the Classics, but he pointed out the risk of meddling in matters outside official duties; whereupon the former patted him on the head and said, '^Onr family is not likely to su£fer for want of brains.'* At twenty he was left penniless; however he would accept no aid, and supported himself by minding pigs. By and by he graduated and entered upon an official career, distinguishing himself by his justice and integrity. He served under