part in sappressing the rebellion of EAng Ching-chnng, and wai afterwards saccessful against Ch^ng Chin on the mainland of Fnh- kien, driving him in 1680 to Formosa. In 1680—1681 he inTaded Ytlnnan from Enangsi, and droTe the rebel leader ^'(Q^^^ Wn Shih-fan, grandson of Wn San-kaei, to kill himself y thns completing the pacification of Ytlnnan. Canonised as ^ ||^, and in 1731 admitted to the Temple of Worthies.
1081
Lai Wen-Chin llj^jSC ^ (commonly known as H ^ ^).
18th cent. A.D. A writer on geomancy, in special reference to the
Inck of burial-sites. He also contributed a commentary to the pij
1082
Lan Id g^S (T. H '^. H. H |1|). A.D. 1649-1719. A
native of Fuhkien, of enormous strength, who after a stormy youth
worked his way up until he became leader of the Tanguaid in Shih
Lang*s attack on the Pescadores. In the naval battle he displayed
extraordinary valour, fighting on after a cannon-ball had torn open
his abdomen. Cured by a foreign surgeon, he received especial marks
of favour from the Emperor E'ang Hsi, who gave to his family
for ever several hundred acres of waste land near Tientsin which
he had reclaimed by irrigation. Appointed in 1706 Commander-in-
chief of his native province, his contempt for the local authorities
and his high-handed interference led to his down&ll. He was however
only recalled to Peking, and in 1715 accompanied the expedition
against Ts^d-wang Arabtan.
1083
Lan Ting-ytlan g S 7C (T. 5 fc- H. JH ;^). A.D.
1680—1733. A native of Chang-p'u in Fuhkien, who devoted
himself as a youth to poetry, literature, and political economy.
He accompanied his brother to Formosa as military secretary, and
his account of the expedition attracted much attention. Recommended
to the Emperor, he became magistrate of ^ [|^ P^n-lin, and
distinguished himself as much by his just and incorrupt administration
