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2507 TUMOU itM C^- ® 2)- ^^ ^'^' l^^O. A natiye of Wa-hsi in modern Eiangsn. He graduated as chin shih in 1148, and rose to be a Supervising Censor under the Emperor Eoang

Tsung. But cares of office were too much for him, and brought

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on a disease of which he died. He was noted as the possessor of

one of the most extensive private libraries ever known in China. Canonised as ^ ^. 3608 Yu T'ung itM (T- ^ A' ^tanged to J^ J^ and ^i| ^). A.D. 1618—1704. A native of Ch^ang-chou in Eiangsn, who entered upon an official career, but was soon cashiered for having caused a Bannerman to be bambooed. His plays attracted the attention of the Emperor, who had them set to music for the Imperial troupe; and in 1678 he was recalled and employed in the historical depart- ment. Three years later he retired, and devoted himself to literature. He was the author of miscellaneous writings, especially poems, among which may be mentioned the ^ ^ ^ jj^ p^, embodying what was then known of foreign nations. He wrote under the nam de guerre of ^ ^, and was also popularly known as ^ ^ ^ ^.

2609 Ytl Ch'ang-cli'eng ^i? :^ Ifi (T. t^ )\\ ).*A native of Cheh-

kiang, who graduated in A.D. 1712. He was the compiler of the %Q ^f ^ collection of one hundred and twenty writers on the arts; and also of the ISf "^ ^ ^ ^, a literary miscellany.

2610 Yii Ch'eng-lung ^ Jig f| (T. :((i ^). A.D. 1617-1684. A native of ^ ^ Yung-niug in Shansi. After seven years as magistrate at ^ ^ Lo-ch'eng in Euangsi, a pestilential spot which he transformed by good government, bringing even the ^ Yao bar- barians to live on friendly terms with the people, he was traus- ferred in 1674 to Huang-chou in Hupeh. Hupeh was at this time overrun by bands of rebels; and Yil found himself, with no troops at hand, meuaced from three difiFerent quarters at once. Enrolliog a few thousand volunteers he put himself on the offensive, and by