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 His collected works, 西陂類稿 Hsi-p'o lei-kao, with miscellaneous notes, 筠廊偶筆 Yün-lang ou-pi and Yün-lang êr-pi (二筆), were printed in 1711 and were later copied into the Imperial Manuscript Library (see under ).

Sung Lao had six sons, two of whom died young. The eldest, Sung Chi 宋基, became prefect of Pao-ting-fu, Chihli; the second, Sung Chih 宋至 , a chin-shih of 1703, was a poet, as was also the latter's son, Sung Hua-chin 宋華金 , a chin-shin of 1721; the fifth, Sung Chih 宋致 , became lieutenant-governor of Szechwan province; and the youngest, Sung Yün 宋筠 , a chin-shih of 1709, became vice-governor of Fêng-t'ien-fu. Sung Yün carried on his father's tradition as a bibliophile, and compiled the catalogue of the family library, entitled 青綸館藏書目錄 Ch'ing-lun kuan ts'ang-shu mu-lu.

[1/280/5b; 3/46/37a; 123/22a; 4/67/20b, 69/19b; 20/1/00 (portrait); 27/5/4a; Kuei-tê fu-chih (1893) 25/8b, 10b; Ts'ang-shu chi-shih shih (see under ) 4/30b; Ssŭ-ku, passim; Sung Man-t'ang nien-p'u (autobiography).]

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SUNG Wan 宋琬, 1614–1673, man of letters and calligrapher, was a native of Lai-yang, Shantung. His father, Sung Ying-heng 宋應亨, was for a time district magistrate of Ch'ing-fêng, Chihli, where he earned the reputation of being a good administrator. One of his brothers, Sung Huang 宋璜, became a chin-shih in 1640. He himself obtained this degree in 1647 and was appointed to the post of an assistant secretary in the Board of Revenue. In 1650 he became inspector of customs at Wuhu, Anhwei, and in 1653 intendant of the Lung-hsi circuit in Kansu. In 1657 he was transferred to the intendancy of the circuit of Tungchow and Yung-p'ing, Chihli. While thus occupied, he compiled the local history of Yung-p'ing, entitled Yung-p'ing fu-chih, 24 chüan, printed in 1658. In 1660 he was assigned to a similar post in the circuit of Ningpo, Shaohsing, and T'ai-chou in Chekiang. In the following year he was made provincial judge of the same province.

About this time a man by the name of Yü Ch'i 于七 instigated a rebellion in Têng-chou, Shantung, Sung Wan's native prefecture (see under ). A fellow-clansman of Sung maliciously reported to the authorities that Sung was connected with it. In consequence of this accusation, he and his family were arrested and put into prison. He did not regain his freedom until three years later (1664) when he was cleared of the charge. He was recalled to office and appointed in 1672 to the post of provincial judge of Szechwan. In the following year he was summoned to the capital for an audience with the Emperor. During his stay in Peking the rebellion of broke out and Chengtu, the capital of Szechwan, where his family was then residing, fell into the rebels' hands. He died in Peking, owing, it is said, to worry over this situation.

Sung Wan was looked upon in his day as one of the great literary men of North China as was in South China—hence the saying, first attributed to, "Shih of the South and Sung of the North" (南施北宋). His collected literary works, entitled 安雅堂集 An-ya t'ang chi, containing his poems, essays, a drama, and letters, were printed in the 1660's and 1670's and reprinted in 1699. A supplement, entitled An-ya t'ang chi wei-k'an kao (未刊稿), 8 chüan, was printed in 1766.

[1/489/8b; 3/152/22a; 4/78/3b; 26/1/39a; Lai-yang hsien-chih (1688) 8/7a; Ssŭ-k'u 74/7b, 181/12b.]

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SUNG Ying-hsing 宋應星, student of applied science, native of Fêng-hsin, Kiangsi, was born about the year 1600. His great-grandfather, Sung Ching 宋景, was president of the Censorate in the years 1546–47. In 1615 Sung Ying-hsing and his elder brother, Sung Ying-shêng 宋應昇, became chü-jên with high honors but, despite repeated attempts, both failed to qualify for the chin-shih degree. In 1634 Sung Ying-hsing was appointed director of studies in Fên-i, Kiangsi. It was while filling this post that he produced the famous illustrated work on the different industries of his time, entitled 天工開物 T'ien-kung k'ai-wu, which was first printed in 1637 by a friend who had previously printed another of his works, probably one on phonology, entitled 畫音歸正 Hua-yin kuei-chêng, 2 chüan. In 1638 Sung was promoted to the post of police magistrate of T'ing-chou-fu, Fukien, and in 1641 to department magistrate  690