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 256 KUJX7N. grieved over the loss of this man and said of him, that when the Liao was lost, a thousand faithful men died for it ; but only one was found willing to die when the Sung empire was destroyed* The Kin army was now saddled with the difficulty of finding a proper successor to the emperor in their hands, and were at a loss whether to nominate one of the imperial family, or one of a different surname. The first they nominated would accept if compelled to, but threatened that he would die on the day of his enthronement And members of the emperor's family said they would murder with their own hand any one outside the family nominated emperor. One Jang Bangchang was at last nominated with the title of Choo emperor. An official, Wooko, led a few hundred men against- the new emperor to murder him, but was himself killed, with over a hundred of his men« In May 1127, the Kin retired northwards, leading with them both the old and the new emperor, with the family of the former, 3,000 persons, and took them to Tunjoong. In 1180 they were banished to Woogwo chung on the Hwuntooug, a city supposed to be near the modem Sansing. Commander Prince Kang, a younger brother of the emperor^ after he had united the various divisions of his army, but while still at Tsining chow of Shantung, had secret messages from the capital, urging him not to march southwards to the capital then, but to remain where he was, and wait the course of events. And next month after the dethroned emperor was taken away a captive, this prince, whom all the people desired to be emperor, was enthroned in Nanking ; and there he established the " Southern Sung'' dynasty. He at once sent Dsua to garrison Hiangyangfoo. Li Gang at first refused office, but was soon installed as Lamp Censor. He drew up new army regulations ; and was so useful, that he was quickly made president of a board. But in spite of the more healthy tone of the new court, no efforts were made to strike a decisive blow to save the country north of the Tellow river ; eveiy city of which fell, one by one, after a longer or shorter struggle with the Kin. The Kin had a skilful and brave opponent in Dsua^ who had