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2431 Tao Ch'ung i^^. A.D. 650-721. A nati?e of |^ ^ffj SMn- chou in Honan, who was somewhat boisterous as a youth but gradoaOy settled down to regular study. Entering the public serrice he attracted the notice of the Empress Wu Hou by his vigorous resistance to the Eitan Tartars, and was soon raised to high office. He became however an object of dislike to Chang I-chih, who maligned him to the Empress; and he was dismissed to the provinces until Chang and his brother had been executed. When ordered to return to the capital, the people clung weeping around his horse's head, cut off his stirrups, and took away his whip, in order to prevent his departure. He subsequently rose to be President of the Board of War under the Emperor Ming Huang. Canonised as ^ J|^.

2432 Yao Hsiang :^ ^ (T. ;^ g ). A.D. 331-857. Fifth son and successor of Yao I-chung, At seventeen he was 8fL bin. in height, and his hands hung below his knees. His military bearing and mental qualifications endeared him to the people, at whose instance he assumed the titles of Generalissimo and Khan, and in 355 occupied §^ 1^ Hsd-ch^ang in Honan. He was defeated by Hnan Wto (see Yin Hao), and in 356 was driven to :f(^ ^ Pei-ch^Cl in Shansi. Moving westward, he was slain by Fu Chien (2) at the battle of ^ ^ San-yuan in Shensi. Canonised by Yao Ch'ang as |^ ji^ 3E'

2433 Yao Hsing ^ ^ (T. ^ Pg^). A.D. 366-416. Eldest son of Yao Ch'ang, to whom he fled from the Court of Fn Chien. He assumed the title of Emperor of the Later Ch4n dynasty in 394, but in 399 reduced himself to ^ king, on account of eclipses and calamities. He ruled well and wisely for 21 years, adding all north of the Han and the Huai, Western Ch'in until 407, and the three Liang* States to his territory. Canonised as '^ j|| ^ ]g

8434 Tao Hung M^ (T. ft ^). A.D. 388-417. Eldest son of \ao Hsing, of excellent disposition but with no political ability.