O phcenix! Q phoenix^ By this retort he scored heavily, the impli- cation being of course that he himself was that rare and pre-eminent creature.
1904 Teng Shao-liang ^13 H (T- E ^)- A.D. 1800-1858. A successful Imperialist general, who distinguished himself during the T^ai-p'ing rebellion and rose to be Commander-in-chief for Chehkiang. He was ultimately hemmed in by the rebels, and committed suicide. Canonised as J^ "0^.
1905 Teng T'ing-cheng 鄧廷楨 (T. 嶰筠). A.D. 1775-1846. A native of Nanking, who was Viceroy at Canton when the great dispute with England on the opium-question arose. Superseded by Lin Ts6-hsfi he was transferred to Foochow, and after the war with England was banished to Hi for a year. He rose later on to be Governor of Shensi. Many stories are told of his acumen in judicial matters.
1906 Teng T*U-ts5U :^ ^ •^. A high official of the Ch'u State, who offended Sung Yii^ and was lampooned by him as a man of evil life. Hence the phrase :^ ^ "^ ^ ^ a dissolute fellow, a debauchee.
1907 TengTu ^j^ (T. ^g^). Died A.D. 326. A native of Hsiang-liug in Shansi, who rose to be Governor of Ho-tung. He fell in 312 into the power of Shih Lo and was forced to take office under him. So soon however as Shih Lo crossed the river ifQ Sstt, he fled. Some bandits robbed him of his horses and oxen, and he was obliged to continue his flight on foot, carrying his own son and his nephew on his back. At length, feeling that he could not save them both, he tied his own child to a tree and proceeded on his way with only his brother's son and his wife. "For," said he to the latter, "my brother is dead; and were my nephew to perish, there would be no one to continue my brother's line, whereas I may have another son." The Emperor Yiian Ti appointed
