1273 Liu Ch*ang ^i^ or Liu Chi-hBing j||j^. Sod of Liu Shdng, whom he succeeded in 958 as fourth and last ruler of the Southern Han State. He was only sixteen at his accession, and fell at once into the power of the eunuchs, who during his father's reign had already begun to monopolise the go?ernment. In 971 the armies of the House of Sung overran his kingdom; more than a hundred eunuchs were executed and he himself was taken to the capital, where he received the title of J^ H^ ^ the Pardoned Marquis.
1274
Liu Ch*ang-yu ^-^jj^^ Died A.D. 1885. A native of Hunan,
who graduated as chin ahih in 1849. Rose to be Viceroy of Cbihli
in 1863, and was appointed Special Commissioner with full powers
for the suppression of the Nien fei in that province and also in
Shantung and Honan. In 1875 he was appointed Viceroy of Ydnnan
and Eueichou. In 1881 he applied for leave to retire, but was
ordered to Peking.
1275
Liu Chao ^||. A.D. 80--.106. Fourth son of Liu Ta, whom
he succeeded in 89 as fourth Emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty.
His mother, who was a concubine, was put to death by the
Empress Ton (see Liang Sung); and he himself was brought up
by the latter as if he had been her own child. His reign was
troubled throughout by incursions of the Hsiung-nu, due in a
great measure to his disgraceful treatment of Tou Hsien and to
the latter*s disappearance from the arena in which he had already
gained so much renown. An embassy was sent however from
Parthia to the Chinese Court, bearing tribute in the form of lions
^^^ tfe -K (^)- Canonised as ^$ft\ M.^-
1276
Liu Cli*e ^#. B.C. 156-87. Son of Liu Ch*i, whom he
succeeded in 140 as sixth sovereign of the Han dynasty. He began
his reign as an enthusiastic patron of literature. In 136 copper
