died in office at the ripe age of seTenty-cij^t. Two yean after Ui
burial the Chin* Tartars broke open his graTe, and foood that i
lifelike expression still hovered aronnd his featnrea. They reTerenUy
closed his coffin again and departed, saying, ^^Tmly this was i
wonderful man!**
1271
Liu Ao ^ ^. B.C. 46-5. Son of Liu Shih, whom he auoeeedad
in B.C. 32 as tenth sovereign of the Han dynasty. He was grave
and dignified in manner, well versed in literature ancient and
modern, and ready to listen to the adrioe of his Ministers, but
over-fond of wine and women. Canonised as '^ j^ ^ ^j^ .
1272
UaCh'an ^ff (T. ^^). A.D. 207-267. Son of the
famous Liu Pei by his wife -U^ ^ >\ ^® \jbAj Kan. As a child
he was called ^ £^ 0-tou, in consequence of a dream by his
mother during pregnancy, in which she &ncied that she swallowed
the constellation known as the Northern Bushel. In the memorable
rout after the battle of ^ j^ Ch'ang-p*o, A.D. 208, when Lis
Pei fled before the victorious troopa of Ts^ao Ts'ao, O-tou was saved
from falling into the hands of the euemy by the devotion of the
trusty Chao Yfln, who carried him safely from the field of battle.
In A.D. 223 he succeeded to the throne of his father, but proved
himself to be a weak-kneed ruler, incapable of taking any serioos
part in the government, and given over to sensual indulgence.
After the death of Chu-ko Liang, all power fell into the hands of
the palace eunuchs, and things went gradually from bad to wone
until the successive victories of T^ng Ai sealed the fiate of the
kingdom. When the victor was at his gates, Liu Gh^an arrayed
himself in bonds, and placing himself in his chariot beside an
empty coffin, pitifully surrendered. T^ng Ai loosed his bonds, burnt
the coffin, and sent him prisoner to Lo-yang, where he lived
