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was made to keep the dynasty from collapse; but in 1125 Yeh-M Yen-hsi was captured and sent off, with the title of j^ |^ ^ , to the ^ 3 U4 ISver- White Mountain, where he died. A number of the Kitans, known as ^ ^ , migrated westward and founded the Western Liao dynasty (see Feh-lii Ta-ahih). Known in history

as ^jjrf.

Yeh-lu Ttlan ^^^. Died A.D. 951. Nephew of Yeh-lfl 2466 Td-kuang, whom he succeeded in 947 as third Emperor of the Liao dynasty. His reign was spent in hostility with the rulers of China, and in aiding the establishment of the Northern Han State. After a short period of power he was murdered to make way for his cousin. Canonised as j^ ^.

Teh Lung-li ^ ^ |§ (H. ^ ;^). 13th cent. A.D. A native 2467 of Ohia-hsing in Chehkiang, who graduated as chin shih in 1247 and rose to be a Privy Councillor. He was the author of the ^ ^ H9 ^ History of the Kitan Tartars^ which though greatly founded on hearsay is still of considerable value. See YH'-wen Mou-chao.

Teh Ming-shen ^^^ (T. %^). A.D. 1807-1860. A 2468

native of Han-yang in Hupeh, who graduated as chin shih in 1835 and after three years' service in the Han-lin College went as Prefect to Shensi. In 1841 he was. Judge in Yunnan, and in 1842 distinguished himself by keeping the Hupeh rebels under Chung Jen-chieh out of Eiangsi. By 1846 he had risen to be Treasurer at Canton, and Governor in 1848. There he earned considerable notoriety by his stringent measures against the T'ai-p*ing rebels, of whom he is said to have put to death, first and last, no fewer than seventy thousand. He threw every possible obstacle in the way of foreign trade, refusing to meet the British representatives at Hongkong, until at length the affair of the lorcha Arrow brought matters to a crisis and resulted in the bombardment and capture of Canton in December 1857. The Viceroy, known to foreigners