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Rh 1628 at his own expense. The last mentioned work has a preface by Li dated 1628.

As the old method of astronomical calculation again proved mistaken with regard to an eclipse in 1629, Li was appointed to assist Hsü Kuang-ch'i, Longobardi, and Jean Terrenz 鄧玉函 to revise it in a calendrical bureau (曆局), located inside the gate called Hsüan-wu mên 宣武門 at Peking. As a result they compiled a work on the newly-introduced European astronomy under the title Ch'ung-chên li-shu (see under ). Two years before his death Li edited a collection of 19 works by missionaries under the title 天學初函 T'ien-hsüeh ch'u-han, 52 chüan. A work by Li, entitled 頖宮禮樂疏 P'an-kung li-yüeh shu, in 10 chüan, on the history of the sacrificial ceremonies to Confucius, with illustrations of the sacrificial instruments, was copied into the Ssŭ-k'u Library and was given high praise in the Imperial Catalogue (for both see under ). Another, entitled 渾蓋通憲圖說 Hun-kai t'ung-hsien t'u-shuo, in 2 chüan, printed in 1607, a treatise on the stereographic projection of the celestial sphere, was likewise copied into the Ssŭ-k'u Library.

[M.1/31 曆志 11a–13b; Hangchow fu-chih (1922) 147/3a; Tsêng-ting Hsü Wên-ting kung chi (1933); Ch'ên Yüan 陳垣, 浙西李之藻傳 Chê-hsi Li Chih-tsao chuan in 重刊辯學遺牘;, Ch'ou-jên chuan (1935) pp. 387–90; Pfister, Notices, passim; Hung, William, 考利瑪竇的世界地圖 in 禹貢 (Apr. 11, 1936) vol. V, nos. 3-4; Giles, L., "Translations from the Chinese World-Map of Father Ricci," Geographical Journal (Dec. 1918), pp. 367–85.]

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 LI Ch'ing 李清, 1602–1683, historian, fifth generation descendant of Li Ch'un-fang 李春芳 (b. 1510, chin-shih of 1547), was a native of Hsing-hua, Kiangsu, and a chin-shih of 1631. Living in the Ming-Ch'ing transitional period, he remained to the last a loyal subject of the former dynasty. He served as a censor first in Peking (1638–40, 1642), and then in Nanking under the Prince of Fu (1644–45, see under ). After Nanking fell in 1645 he retired to his home, and for 38 years devoted himself to writing. In this period he was twice recommended to posts in the new régime, but each time declined on the pretext of ill health. One of his historical works 諸史同異錄 Chu-shih t'ung-i lu, also known under the title 二十一史同異 Êr-shih-i-shih t'ung-i, in 68 chüan, was a study of similarities and differences in the Twenty-one Dynastic Histories. It was singled out of the Ssŭ-k'u ch'üan-shu by Emperor Kao-tsung for complete destruction, in a special edict of 1787, on the ground that it made invidious comparisons between the reigns of the last Ming emperor and the first emperor of the Ch'ing. His longest work, 南北史合注 Nan-pei shih ho-chu, comprising comments on the official histories of the period 386–589 A.D., although banned in the eighteenth century is preserved in the Library of the Palace Museum. Among his shorter works may be mentioned the 三垣筆記 San-yüan pi-chi, consisting of historical notes covering the years 1637 to 1645 during which he served as censor in three Boards. It was reprinted in 1927 and also appears in the collective work 古學彙刊 Ku-hsüeh hui-k'an which was published in 1912–13.

[1/505/1b; 3/474/47a; Ming-shih 193/13b; Hsing-hua-hsien chih (1852) 8 列傳/25a; Wang Chung-min 王重民, 李清著述考 in ''Lib. Sc. Quart. II, No. 3, pp. 333–342; W.M.S.C.K. 9/9a ff., 18/25b; Goodrich, L. C., The Literary Inquisition of Ch'ien-lung; 明狀元圖考 Ming chuang-yüan t'u-k'ao'' 3/14b.]

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 LI Ê 厲鶚, June 16, 1692–1752, Oct. 17, man of letters, was a native of Ch'ien-t'ang (Hangchow). He belonged to a poor family and his father died when Li Ê was young. His elder brother sold tobacco to make a living. For a period of five years, beginning in 1714, he taught the two brothers, Wang Hang 汪沆 and Wang P'u 汪浦, who also lived in Hangchow. In 1720 he became a chü-jên, and in 1731 was invited to participate in the compilation of the 西湖志 Hsi-hu chih, a history of the West Lake region, which was completed in 1734. Ch'êng Yüan-chang 程元章, then governor of Chekiang, recommended him as a competitor in the po-hsüeh hung-tz'ŭ examination of 1736, but owing to an error in the arrangement of his paper, he failed to pass. Again in 1748 he set out for the capital, hoping to be selected to serve as a magistrate. He stopped, however, at Tientsin in the home of Cha Wei-jên (see under ) and was so 454