by his bold action upon the death of the Emperor Chao Ti, by which the Prince of |^ ^ Gh^ang-i was prevented ^om carrying oat his design of usurpation and the Emperor Hs^n^ Ti was placed securely upon the throne, He was ennobled as Marquis and became the confidential adviser of the new monarch. Later on he was indicted for corruption by a powerful clique, and shut himsolf up in his house, pacing up and down with his arm bared and a drawn sword in his hand; and so soon as he heard the drums of the lictors coming to arrest him, he committed suicide. T*ien Yli QQ ^ (T.. g ^). 2nd and 3rd cent. A.D. A native 1926 of ^ "^ Yung-nu in Ghihli , who attached himself to the fortunes of Liu Pei, but afterwards served for many years under the first two Emperors of the Wei dynasty ^ operating successfully against rebels in Liao-tung and also against the Hsiung-nu. Refused leave to retire when already an old man, he cried out that it was like striking the watches or making the clepsydra run when the night was already spent. He rose to the rank of Minister of State, and died at the age of 82.
T*ien Yu-yen 09 ^ j#. 7th cent. A.D. A native of Ch*ang-an, 1927 who entered ofiScial life about 652, but shortly afterwards retired to the mountains, together with his mother and wife who were also of a romantic turn of mind. After a second brief spell of office he pleaded sickness and took up bis abode on Mt. ^ Ghi, near the shrine of Hsd Yu, calling himself EB ^ ^- There the Emperor Eao Tsung visited him, and was received by him in his rustic clothes but with much dignity. He was ultimately persuaded to take up his abode at Court, and the Emperor wrote the following notice to be affixed to his door; — ^^This is the abode of the hermit T*ien Yu-yen." He finally returned to his old haunts on the hills. T*ien Yiieh gg ^|^. A.D. 750-784. Nephew of QQ ^ |^ T*ien 1928
