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Rh his Hsiao Chin-ch'uan guides, unaware that they were in reality spies of the enemy, and so took every opportunity to frustrate his plans. Yüeh Chung-ch'i, learning of this situation, and seeing an opportunity to repay Chang for an old grievance, sent a secret communication to the Emperor explaining what he believed to be the cause of the defeats. At the same time No-ch'in, hoping to clear himself of all blame, informed the Emperor that Chang was wasting supplies and keeping his troops too long at the front. The Emperor at once dismissed Chang and ordered him to Peking for judicial investigation. Early in 1749 the Emperor personally conducted the trial, and when Chang maintained a defiant attitude ordered his immediate execution. Meanwhile No-ch'in was also condemned to death for cowardly conduct, for abusing his trust, and for making dishonest reports to the throne. The Emperor, distressed that No-ch'in, a grandson of the brave, had proved such a weakling, ordered him beheaded in full view of the army, making use of Ebilun's own sword which was released especially for that purpose.

The command of the army against the Chin-ch'uan aborigines was entrusted to who reported to the throne what insurmountable obstacles prevented subjugation of the territory. But Fu-hêng in defiance of the Emperor's summons to turn back after threatening a desperate attack, finally effected the submission of Solobun in March 1749 (see under ). The complete conquest of the Chin-ch'uan region was left, however, for who after five years of severe fighting and heavy losses of both men and supplies finally conquered the region, twenty-seven years later. From all accounts Chang Kuang-ssŭ seems to have been unjustly punished for his share in the campaigns.

[1/303/7b; 2/17/22a; 2/22/11b; 9/19/12b; 11/38/3b; Haenisch, E., "Die Eroberung des Goldstromlandes in Ost-Tibet" in Asia Major (1935), vol. X fasc. 2, pp. 262–313; 雍正硃批論旨 Yung-chêng chu-p'i yü-chih; 史料旬刊 Shih-liao hsün-k'an, no. 11, pp. 391–93, no. 20, pp. 698–704; Tung-hua lu, Ch'ien-lung 13:12.]

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 CHANG Li-hsiang 張履祥 Nov. 5, 1611–1674, Aug. 29, moralist and teacher, was a native of the village of Yang-yüan 楊園 in the district of T'ung-hsiang, Chekiang. When he reached the age of nine [sui] his father died, leaving the family in poverty. His mother consoled him, saying "Confucius and Mencius were also children of families that lost a father, but because they had determination they became sage-scholars." In 1642, age thirty-two [sui], he met in the Ling-yin Monastery (靈隱寺) at Hangchow, and two years later went to Shao-hsing, Chekiang, to receive instruction in the school of. Believing that factional disputes in southeast China and bandit uprisings in the northwest were causes contributing to the Manchu conquest, he refused to join any party, preferring to eke out a meager livelihood as a teacher in the homes of local gentry. Nor did he proceed beyond the licentiate in his examination career.

A bitter opponent of the prevailing philosophy of Wang Yang-ming 王陽明 [Wang Shou-jên 王守仁 ], he was one of the last Ch'ing scholars to re-emphasize the teachings of Chu Hsi (see under ). His objection to the former is clearly brought out in the words, "The followers of Wang Yang-ming regard his teachings as a shortcut [to knowledge]; even a slight drawing near to things and investigation of their principles they consider unimportant and troublesome." Again he said, "There is no knowledge other than living a life of human-heartedness, and acting from a sense of duty to others; there is no work other than preserving a reverential mind and investigating the principles in things." His collected works, 楊園先生全集, Yang-yüan hsien-shêng ch'üan chi, in 54 chüan, together with a nien-p'u in one chüan, were printed in 1871. They contain his poems, letters, prefaces, miscellaneous notes, and essays on ethical problems. His 言行見聞錄 Yen-hsing chien-wên lu, whose preface is dated 1644, records interesting dialogues with contemporaries. Essays such as the 經正錄 Ching-chêng lu (1652) and the 訓子語 Hsün-tzŭ yü (1665) contain chiefly pedagogical advice based on years of experience as a teacher of youth. A treatise on agriculture, 補農書 Pu nung-shu, is a supplement to a small monograph, entitled Nung-shu, by a writer of the clan name, Shên 沈. In order to illustrate the importance of husbandry he himself frequently tilled the soil and pruned mulberry trees. In 1871 his name was entered by imperial decree in the Temple of Confucius, on a tablet adjacent to that of. Since he left no descendants after the second generation, his tomb was neglected, but beginning in 1721 and 45