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Chiang Pin). In the following year, having been sanimooed by the dying monarch, he secured the snccession of the Emperor Shib Tsung, being for forty days in charge of the goTernment pending the new sovereign's arriTal. He promptly disbanded the oselefli armies, dismissed a host of priests, packed off a Portuguese envoy, and introduced the strictest economy. His opposition to the new Emperor's desire to bestow undue honours on his parents lost him the Imperial favour, although by persistence he carried his point In 1524 he retired because he could not stop the appointment of eunuch superintendents to silk factories, and in 1528 he was cashiered. In 1567 his honours were restored, and he was canonised as '^ ]^'

2412 Tang Ts'un-ohung ;^^ l|l (T. jE W)- ^'^^ ^'^' l^^-

A native of the A^ Kuo District in Shansi, whose personal name was originally ^ ifl I-chuug. He was very precocious, aod possessed of unusual physical strength, which perhaps decided him to de?ote his talents to the art of war. In 1125 he gathered together a considerable force and did good service against various rebels who were just then giving a great deal of trouble. For tlus he was promoted to high rank; and when in 1140 he succeeded in inflicting a severe defeat upon the Chin* Tartars, who had broken their treaty, he was further loaded with honours, being ultimately ennobled in 1161 as Prince. Canonised as ;^ ^•

2413 Tang Tsung-jen ^ ^ fr (T. ^ ^). A.D. 1659-1725. Entering the public service as a student of the Imperial Academj, he rose by 1722 to be Viceroy of Hu-Kuang. Here he iutrodnced many reforms, and also established a system of relief for the poor. He encourageil agriculture by unofficial tours during which he distributed rewards out of his own pocket. Canonised as jH fil ' and includeil in the Temple of Worthies.

8414 Tang Wan-li ^||M (T. S ^)- ^J^- 1124-1206. A

native of Chi-shui in Shansi, who graduated as chin ihih in 1154,