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to Yang's offer of a reward for his head. In 1641 Yang oolleeied a fleet at Y^n-yang to cut off his retreat eastward, bat Chang evaded him and by treachery succeeded in entering his headquarters at Hsiang-yang in Hupeh. Before Yang had got farther than j^ r|f Sha-shih, Lo-yang had fallen, and out of sheer mortification he starved himself to death. No penalty was recorded against him, but Chang Hsien-chung, on taking Wu-ling, burnt his co£Bn. 2408 Yang Su :^ ^ (T. ^ ^). Died A.D. 606. Son of a Magistrate of F6n-chou in Shaosi under the Northern Chou dynasty. In 571 he earned the approval of the Emperor Wu Ti by a skilfully written draft for a proclamation. His Majesty remarked that with diligeoee he would compass both wealth and fame; to which Yang Su replied that he desired neither. He rose to take a prominent part in the political and military movements which placed Yang Chien upon the throne, and in his service conducted numerous campaigns against frontier kingdoms and internal opponents, for which he was ennobled as Duke. When the latter lay upon his death-bed, Yang Su ingratiated himself with the son, Yang Euang, by a timely hint respecting his father's condition, and was rewarded on that prince's accession to the throne by continuance of his high functions. His influence however with the new Emperor was of short duration; and finding himself neglected and in danger of degradation, he pined to deatli in the following year. He was distinguished by scholarly attainmenii and a love of study; yet according to the historians he made bis way by scheming and truckling, and shares in the disgrace of placing such a monarch as Yang Kuang upon the throne. See I/h ch^anp Kun^ Chu.

Ui)» Tang Su-ytln tg ^ H (T. ^ 2J| and jg ^). A.D. 1629-

1689. Graduated as Mn skik in 1652, and went as Magistrate to jK ^ Tung>miug in Shantung, a districi lately laid waste by the Yellow River. In three yean he re8k>red it to prosperity, and