lifed under the reign of Jen Tsung of the Snng dynasty and was known as an alchemist, bnt is chiefly famous as the reputed inventor of moTable type.
Pi Tilan ||y^ (T. |^% and ^ ^). A. D. 1729--1797. 1647 An official who served with distinction in Eansnb, and who after suppressing various White Lily and aboriginal risings became Viceroy of Hu-Euang. He wrote several antiquarian works, among others an account of ancient inscriptions in Shensi. Also, an examination into the text of the Tao Ti Ching; a supplement to the history of Ssti-ma Kuang, entitled )^ ^ Vp S^i extending from the beginning of the Sung to the end of the YfLan dynasty; and a large number of historical and other essays, poems, etc. etc. He gave to himself the sobriquet of ^ ^ |l| ^.
P*i Jih-hsiu l^B ^ C^. %^ ^ri^ ^ ^^ H. ^ f^). 1648 A poet of the T'ang dynasty, who graduated as thin shih in A. D. 867, and rose to be a Doctor of the Court of Sacrificial Worship. When Huang Ch'ao took Ch*ang-an, he employed P4 to compose sham prophecies, but put him to death because the prophecies read like criticisms on himself. Among other works , he edited the ^ jjK|[ Tea ClaMrie of Lu Yfl.
Fien Ch'iao. See Ch'in Ytleh-jen.
Pien Chuang Tzu i> ^ -^. Ohuang Tzti of Pien. A hero of 1649 old, said to have been fond of tiger-hunting. He was Governor of the District of Pien , under the Chou dynasty. ^^^ Kuan Shu Tetl advised him to watch for two tigers eating an ox. "They would quarrel,*' he said, "and one would be killed and the other wounded. Then you could finish off the wounded tiger, and so secure the pair." His bravery was mentioned by Confucius. Pien Ho -|^ ^. 8th cent. B. 0. A man of the Ch'u State, who 1660 found a piece of pure jade on the mountains and hastened to present it to his Prince. The stone was declared to be false, and he was
