for the marder of shipwrecked Japanese subjects. The force was ultimately withdrawn, upon payment by China of an indemnity of Tls. 500,000. During the same year the disgraceful coolie-trade from Macao was finally stopped. The Emperor died, without issue, on the 13th January 1875, and was shortly afterwards followed to the grave by his young wife, around whose fate hang not altogether groundless suspicions of foul play. Canonised as i^ ^ |^ ^ ^ . T*Tmg Euan ^ ;p*. Died A.D. 1126. A fine-looking and crafty 2108 eunuch, who won the favour of Ts'ai Ching and rose in 1108 to be Commandant at ^ ^ Fdng-ning. After the disgrace of his
patron, with whom he had quarrelled, he was placed in supreme
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command on the western frontier and was appointed Governor of several provinces. He caused the war with Hsia, the results of which he concealed, and later on induced his sovereign to enter into the league with Chin^ which overthrew the Liao State. In 1123, having failed to take Peking unaided, he bought it by great concessions, only to find it emptied of wealth and inhabitants. In 1125 he was ennobled as Prince, and sent as envoy to the encroaching Chins^. The utter collapse of the Imperial armies before the Tartar hordes, and his own precipitate flight, led to his disgrace. He was slain on the way to his place of banishment and his head was sent to the capital.
T*ung T8*an ^ ^ . Bom A.D. 923. A native of |^ ^ On- 2109 ning in Fuhkien. He was alive and vigorous when the Emperor Jen Tsung of the Sang dynasty came to the throne in 1023, and was appointed by his Majesty to high o£Sce as a reward for his virtuous life.
TupTimur @|[WiBi^- ^D. 1304-1332. Second son of 2110 Eaisun, and brother to Hosila whom he succeeded in 1329 as eighth Emperor of the Yuan dynasty and whose death he was accused of compassing. He reposed full confidence in Ten Timur (see Achakpa)
