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eTen in the tomb. In a few jemn his imnk was iwiorcd, aad lie was nltimmiely CMioniaed as ^ S*

2389 Yang Jn ;^ S. A Chinese Bannerman, who was a Taot'ai is Eiangsn in 1888, at Wenchow in 1891, and the foDowii^ yasr ai Wnho, whence he was sent as Minister to Wadiington in I89S. He was Director of the Court of Sacrificial Worship in 1895, and is now Vice President of the Imperial Clan Court.

2390 Yang Ju-Bhih ^^± (T^ S^)- ^ ^"^^ ^•^- ^

oflBdal of the Tang dynasty, who in his yooth succeeded in csr- rying off the prise at a poetical competitioa against the fiuneai poets Ytian Chfo and Po Chfi-i. After graduating aa cAtJi «UI, he rose by 836 to be Vice President in the Board of War, and was President of the Board oi Punishments at his death.

a»l Yang Jung ^ ^ (T. jft t). AD. 1371-1440. A natiTeof Chien-an in Fnhkien, who graduated as cAia tUI in 1400, and gained great reputation as a scholar and offidaL His peraonal nams was originally -^ ^ Tkft-jung, and he is known as Jp[ ijj^ Eastern Yang (see Tamg P^a). He stopped the Emperor Tung Le npon his entry into Nanking in 1402, and persuaded him to bega with a Tisit to his fiither's graTC. He occupied a position of cobsi- deiable confidence under that monarch, whom he aecompanied upon his last expedition and whose death he eoneealed until his snceemor was seated upon the throne. He continued to enjoy the Imperiil &Tour until the rise of the eunuch Wang C9rfn dqpriyed him of all real power. Canonised as ^ ^.

SS92 Y«ng-ku-li ^-^M- A.D. 1578-1644. The son of a chieflsis of the J^ ^ P^ E'u-Mi-k^o tribe, whose murder he avenged when only fourteen years of age by killing the murderer with ini own hand. He entered upon a miUtaiy career, and fought againit the troops of the Mings with signal success. In 1027 he went os the campaign agaiost E<»ea; and again im 1644, when he wsi