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as a petty military official. In 1535 he Tentnred to address some remarks on piracy to his commanding officer, who caused him to be bambooed and deprived of his post. In 1542, through the infloenee of ^ "fj^ ^ Mao Po-wdn, he managed to obtain another post, and soon distinguished himself by his bravery in numerous engage- ments with pirates. In 1552, and for many years afterwards, his hands were fully occupied with the raids of the Japanese upon the coast of Chehkiang. Sometimes he would win a brilliant yictoiy and be loaded- with honours. Anon he would suffer a repulse, and all his honours would be takeni from him. He seems to have achiefed his greatest successes about 1561, by means of a ^ |^ ^ single- ^ wheel chariot, an engine of some kind which destroyed the enemj wholesale. He died at his post, and was canonised as '^ ^.

2531 Yll Ting-kuo ^ ^ g (T. ^^). 1st cent. B.C. A nati?e of Tung-hai in Eiangsu, who studied law under his father and rose to high magisterial office. He distinguished himself by his great leniency, always giving the benefit of the doubt, and by the minute care with which he investigated each case. In B.C. 51 he became Minister of State, and in 48 was ennobled as Matquis. National calamities ensued, and in 43 the crops failed; whereupon, fearing impeachment, he resigned hiis office and his Marquisate and retired into private life, dying a few years later at an advanced age. Canonised as ^.

2532 Tii T*ung j^ J^ (T. ^ tT). 4th cent. A.D. Nephew to Ytl Liang, and a military official under the Chin dynasty. Having lost his sou, he dreamt that he was dividing a pear with somebody. He interpreted this to mean separation (division) from his son; but a friend explained that you must divide a pear to find the -^ seeds {or son), and shortly afterwards he recovered the missing lad.

2633 Ttl-wen Chtio ^^^^ A.D. 542-557. Third son of Yfl- w6n T^ai, and first Emperor of the Northern Chou dynasty (see