native of Ghinkiang, remarkable for his blue face. He graduated as chill shih in 1238, and through his relationship to the favourite concubine of the aged Emperor Li Tsung managed to obtain great power, which he used to enrich himself and tyrannise over his fellows. In 1258 he became Junior Minister, but his greed and his deceit in concealing from his master the truth as to the Mongol advance led to his degradation in 1259. In 1262 he was banished to Eaeichou. Here he was falsely accused of fomenting a rising of the aborigines, and was transferred to Hsin-chou. A memorial was then presented by an enemy, asking that he might be landed on a desert island; and finally, as he was quitting his post, he was pushed overboard and drowned.
Ting Tu T >S (T- ^ S)- ^•^- 990-1053. A native of K*ai. 1941 flug Fu in Honan, who graduated as chin shih about 1012 and rose by 1046 to be a Minister of State. He is especially known for his labours on the ^ ]^ , a phonetic dictionary by Lu Fa-yen. He also compiled under official patronage the ^f -p^ ^ Jj^ , which has ever since been the standard authority on rhymes, the ^^ Wars of the Ch'ing-U Period (1041-1049), and other important works. His grandfather had spent a fortune on books, declaring that some day a scholar would arise from among his descendants. Canonised as ^ ^ .
Ting Wei y || (T. ^ ^ ; originally || :^ ). A.D. 969- 1942 1040. A native of Ch^ang-chou in Eaangsu, who graduated as chin shih in 992 and entered upon an official career. In early life be distinguished himself on a campaign against the aborigines of Sstlch*uan, and by 1017 was President of the Board of Civil Office. It was through his agency that E^ou Chun was for a second time sent into banishment. E^ou Chun had previously been his patron, and Ting Wei had once distinguished himself by servilely wiping some soup from the great man*s beard. He then became a Minister of
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