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A Chinese Biographical Dictionary

excess after so long a fast. He is known as 老杜 the Elder Tu, to distinguish him from the poet Tu Mu.

3059 Tu Hsün-liao ^ ^ H (T. ^ j^^). 9th cent A.D. Son of the poet Tq Mq, by a eoncnbine. Before his birth Tn Mo*8 wiSb iomed the eoncnbine ont of doors, and the latter married an artisan of -^ ;^ Ch'ang-lin in Hnpeh. When seren years old, some one of the fiimily bade him lend a hand and work; to which the chiU scomfnlly replied that he was not a ploughman* He graduated as cMn $hih about 850, and subsequently rose to be a Doctor in the Han-lin College. He made himself fiEunons by his poetry, and is regarded as the founder of a distinct school. Also known as ^ ^ [1| >\ ' ^ sobriquet conferred by himself in memory of the scenes of his youth.

2060 Tu I jy: X (T. 3/1 3S). 4th cent. A.D. A type of manly beauty. He had a complexion like lard and eyes like black lacquer. He rose to high office and was ennobled as Marquis, but died young.

2061 Tn Ju-hui ^ ^ B$ (T. ;^ 1^ ). Died AD. 630. A native of Tu-liog in Shensi, distinguished as a scholar and statesmau under the Emperor T^ai Tsung of the T^ang dynasty. When the latter, still Prince of Ch4n (see Li Shih'min)^ was appointed Chief Guardian of the empire, he placed Tu first among the eighteen scholars whom he brought together to assist in promoting good government after the troubles attending upon a change of dynasty. In 629 he was Lord High Chamberlain, and acted as a colleague of Fang Hsflan-ling in the direction of public a£fairs. Fang was supposed to plan, while Tu decided as to the feasibility of each suggestion. Hence the two are often spoken of as ^ 11^ . He was ennobled as Duke, and canonised as

2062 Tu K'ang ;|± J|f . ? 4th cent. B.C. A man of the Chou dynasty, who was skilled at making wine. He died on a ^ yu day of the month; consequently those days have always been observed as sacred by distillers.