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carried about her skoU with him, fixed to the saddle on whidi he rode. 2512 Yti Ch'ien ^ ^ (T. ^ ^). A.D. 1398-1457. A native of Ch^eo-t^ang in Chehkiang, who graduated as chin shih in 1421 and rose to be President of the Board of War and CSommander-in-cfaief under the Emperor Tai Tsung of the Ming dynasty. He was the only official who kept his wits about him in the panic which ensued upon the capture of the Emperor Ying Tsung by the Mongols (see Chu Ch^i'chin)^ and he finally droTe the enemy beyond the Great Wall. Satisfied with the existing state of a£BEkirs, he refused to take active steps to recover the lost Emperor. Consequently, upon the restoration of the latter, his enemies, headed by ^>^^ Hsfi Yu-ch§Q, took occasion to impeach him and he was condemned to die by the lingering process as a traitor. Subsequently canonised

2613 Ttl Ch*ien-lou j^ §g^ # (T. -^ ^ ). 5th and 6th cent A.D. A native of Hsin-yeh in Honan, who was one of the 24 examples of filial piety. Only ten days after his appointment to an official post he threw it up in order to return home and tend his sick father. His devotion was unbounded, and he used to turn nightly towards the north and pray that he might be allowed to die in his father's stead. He subsequently rose to high rank in the public service.

2614 Til Chih-ning ^ ^, ^ (T. # |^). A.D. 588-605. A native of ^1^ Eao-ling in Shensi, who was a magistrate in Shantung at the close of the Sui dynasty. Throwing up his appointment he joined the standard of Li Yiian, and rose to high office under him and his son the second Emperor of the T'ang dynasty. The Heir Apparent of the latter, having conceived a dislike to him in conse- quence of his remonstrances, employed two assassins to take his life; but the two ruffians, on beholding their wise and yirtuous