1881 he was appmnled Imperial Enroy and MQitaiy CompiioUcr of Kaahgaiia, and three yean later became Goiremor of the New Dominion and afterwards of Kansnh ako. He retired in moamiiig in 1888, and died on his way to Peking to take up the eommaad of the forces in Korea. When appointed to be Goremor, he eooU hiurdly read an ordinary letter: bnt faj dint of application, in two years' time he could write his own duqpatehes and memorimls fidriy well. In 1878 he was ennobled as Baron and reeeired the title of baturu^ and in 1890 he was made a Senior Guardian of the Heir Apparent.
1291
Idu Ch*1ianK5liili §SiMZ (T. ffi||. H. HP). A.D.
1738—1818. A native of Gh'ang-sha in Hunan. He graduated ai
chin shih in 1760, and in 1804 was an Asristant Grand Secretaiy.
He was reduced to be a Han-lin graduate for recommending the
son-in-law of his patron Chi Yfln; but nx years later he had
regained his former position , and was a Chrand Secretary from 1811
to 1813, when he retired on half-pay. Canonised as ^f^-
1292
Liu Chuang ^^. A.D. 29-76. Fourth son of Liu Hsia,
whom he succeeded in 25 as second Emperor of the Eastern Han
dynasty. He was a promising boy, and at ten years of age was
well read in the Spring and Autumn Annals. His reign wai
especially remarkable for the introduction into China of the Buddhist
religion. In A.D. 61 the Emperor, in consequence of a dream in
which a foreign god appeared to him, sent a mission into India.
The mission, which consisted of eighteen men, returned in 67,
accompanied by Eashiapmadanga , who translated the SCltra of
Forty-two Sections and died at Lo-yang. Other warlike and
diplomatic missions were dispatched during the reign to Turkestan,
with a view to hold in check the troublesome Hsiung-nu (see
Tou Ku and Pan CVao), Canonised as j^ ^ ^ 19 ^ 1^ •
1293
