A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên-t'ai
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249 Ch'ên-t'ai 陳泰. Died A.D. 1655. A grandson of O-yi-tu, who shared in the conquest of China. Appointed Pacificator of the South in 1647, he soon reduced Fuhkien to order and repelled the attacks of the pirate 鄭彩 Chêng Ts'ai. After being degraded in 1651, in 1655 he was restored to his rank of Grand Secretary and sent to suppress a rising of Chang Hsien-chung's successors in Hu-Kuang. He died soon after his success had gained him the title of Viscount. Canonised as 忠襄.