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A Chinese Biographical Dictionary
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the tyrant Chou Hsin. His clan name was Chiang; hence he is sometimes spoken of as 姜子牙.

1863 Tʻai-pʻing Kung-chu 太平公主. Died A.D. 713. One of the two daughters of the Emperor Chung Tsung of the Tʻang dynasty (see An-lo Kung-chu), She joined Li Lung-chi, the future Emperor Ming Huang, in the plot which placed her brother, Li Tan, upon the throne at the cost of her mother's life; but upon the death of Li Tan she seems to have intrigued against the succession of her nephew, Li Lung-chi, and as soon as he mounted the throne he caused her to be put to death.

1864 T'ai Shang Yin Cho 太上隱者 The sobriquet given to himself by a recluse of 終南 Chung-nan in Shensi, who flourished as a poet under the T'ang dynasty, but whose name is not known.

1865 T'ai Ssū̆. Wife of Wên Wang, and mother of Wu Wang, first ruler of the Chou dynasty.

T'ai Tsu. See (L. Liang) Chu Wdn; (L. Chou) Kuo Wei;

(Liao) Yeh-lii Cho-U-ohih; (Chin{{subst:a}}) Akuta; (Sung) Chao

E^uang-yin; (Ming) Chu Ytian-ohang.

T*ai Tsung. See (T'ang) Li Shih-min; (Liao) Yeh-lii Te-kuang;

(Chin») Wan-yen Sheng; (Sung) Chao Huang.

T*ai Wu Ti. See Toba Tao.

Tan ^. Died B.C. 226. Son of Prince 1^ Hsi, and Heir Apparent 1866 of the Yen State. Detained as a hostage in the Ch^n State, he was told by the Prince, who was afterwards First Emperor, that he would be set free when the sky rained grain, when crows had white heads, and horses had horns. These things actually coming to pass, the young Prince e£fected his escape in 230 and returned to his country where he plotted the assassination of his enemy (see Ching K^o). The result was that the Ch4n State sent an expedition against the Ten State, and in order to conciliate the enemy. Prince ■ Hsi put his son to death.