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Yuan Pao^cha). He was soon removed by the Regent Ytl-w£n Ha, and Yd-w6n Yfl was pat in his place. Canonised as ^ ^ ^. Ytl-wenHu ^^^ (T. g|fi^). A.D. 514-567. Nephew 2634 of Yd-w£n T'ai, whom he served faithfully for some years and by whom he was in 557 appointed Regent and guardian of his yoang sons. After patting two of the latter to death (see Yu-toin ChUo and YH'-win Fu), he established Yfl-wSn Yung as third Emperor of the Northern Chon dynasty. All power fell into his hands, and be had a way of giving his decision first and hearing the arguments afterwards. His sons were greedy, knd indulged in all kinds of peculation. His house was more closely guarded than even the palace itself. At length, his yoke becoming intolerable, the young Emperor summoned him, and asked him to reprove the Empress Dowager for her habits ^of drinking, producing at the same time some wine as proof of her delinquencies. This Y^-w6n Hu at once proceeded to do; and while he was occupied in lecturing her Majesty, the Emperor suddenly hit him a heavy blow from behind with a jade sceptre and felled him to the ground. His body was carried out and decapitated, and his sons were put to death. Yll-wen Hua-chi ^ ^ ^ ^ . Died A.D. 618. A worthless 2535 £AVourite of the Emperor Yang Ti of the Sai dynasty, who plotted against his master and caused him to be assassinated in 618, together with many Ministers and members of the Imperial family. He then set out from Yang-chou for Shansi, the native province of the soldiers of the Bodyguard, taking with him much treasure, and many women. His men soon wearied of the long land journey; but he crushed their incipient mutiny, and though pursued and several times defeated by Li Mi, succeeded in reaching the district of Wei in modern Ghihli with 20,000 men. Here he set himself up as Emperor of ^ Hsii, and stood a siege by the troops of the new T^ang dynasty. A robber chief, covetous of his vast

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