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In 416 he mouDted the throne as third Emperor of the Later Ch4n dynasty, bat submitted soon after to the army of the Chin Emperor under Liu YxL. His death at the hands of the executioner brought his line to an end.

Tao I-Chong :^ -^#. A.D. 280-352. A member of a Tibetan 2435 tribe in eastern Eansuh, and son of the Warden of the Barbarian Marches of the Wei kingdom. In 312 he moved with his tribe from Kansuh to jjj^ ^ Yti-mei in Sstich'uan, and took the title of Superintendent of his tribe. For services against the rebels ^ j^ Liang Tu and ^ ^ Jan Min, he was made Superintendent of the Six Barbarian Tribes, and received the military command of the *}X. tf^ Chiaug-huai r^on in Honan. He was ennobled as Khan and also as Duke. Yao Chiang, one of his forty-two sons, on founding the Later Ch4n dynasty canonised him ^ ^ jjjfi. ^

Yao Euang-hsiao ^P# (T. |^^). A.D. 1385-1418. 2436 A native of Ch'ang-chou in Kiangsu, who at the age of fourteen became a Buddhist priest, his name in religion being ^ ^ Tao Yen. An eager student, he worked for a time under a Taoist magician and learnt how to render himself invisible and pass unscathed through fire. When during the reign of the Emperor Hung Wu a call was mf^e for learned priests to be attached to the Board of Bites, Tao Yen refused to go. He occupied himself with writing poetry, somewhat to the scandal of his abbot who pointed out to him that this was not Buddhism. At the death of the Empress Eao, the Emperor ordered that each of the princes, together with an eminent priest, should say masses for the repose of her soul. Thus Tao Yen was introduced to Prince Yen, whom he afterwards persuaded to throw off his allegiance and mount the throne as the Emperor Yung Lo. As a result he was of course promoted to high * ofi&ce, and Yung Lo wished him to let his hair grow; but he refused