"Alas!** he cried, **the Chins will have no meat left to eat.** In
his despair he joined with ^ ^ J^ Ching Yen-kuang to resist
the enemy; whereupon Yeh-ld T6-kuang sent an envoy in the
hope of winning him back to his old views. The Emperor however
was unwilling to let them meet; and the envoy, being wrongly
informed as to Sang*s real sentiments , managed to procure his
assassination. He was short of stature, with a long beard; but used
to stand before a mirror and say, "One foot of face is worth seven
of body.** At the same time, he was so hideously ugly that the
very sight of him made people sweat, even in mid- winter.
Seng Ch'oa j^i^. 6th cent. A.D. A. famous Buddhist priest, l<i71
surnamed ^ Sun, who was credited with marveUous powers of
healing the sick and maimed without any use of medicine. Being a
puny youth, he was much bullied by the other priests until by his
importunate prayers he obtained the aid of Indra. He enjoyed the
favour of the Emperor Hsiian Ti of the Ch^dn dynasty, and is said
to have given the finishing touch to the translations of the Sacred
Books.
Seng-ko-Un-sin fi' >^ ;^ /Cl^ • The famous Mongol general who 1072 opposed the advance of the British and French armies upon Peking in the war of 1860—61. He built a huge mud rampart to protect the city of Tientsin , which rampart has since received the name of "S6ng-ko-lin-8in*s Folly.** He himself was popularly spoken of by the British tar of the period as **Sam Collinson.** By birth a prince of the Eorchin Mongols, he first distinguished himself in 1853 against the T'ai-p'ings, who were advancing on Tientsin. He defeated the rebel forces in two battles, and succeeded in driving them off. He subsequently operated against the Nien-fei in Honau, Anhui, Eiangsu, and Hupeh. In 1864 he attacked the great rebel chief Chang Tsung-ytl at Ts^ao-chou in Shantung; but his rear failing to come up in time, he was overwhelmed by numbers and killed. A memorial shrine
