Yü-chou. He then incurred the animosity of the eunuch Chang Jang in connection with the Yellow Turban rebels with whom Chang was said to be in collusion, and he was forced to flee for safety into concealment and to live under an assumed name. Upon the accession of the Emperor Hsien Ti in 190 he returned and was restored to high office, but disgusted with the outrageous behaviour of Tung Cho he prevailed upon Lü Pu (see Tiao Ch'an) to assassinate him. The result was that Tung Cho's party, headed by 李催 Li Ts'ui, broke into open rebellion, and Wang Yün was captured and put to death together with all his family.
2262 Wang Yün 王藴 (T. 叔仁) A.D, 330-384. An official of the Chin dynaysty, who first distinguished himself as Governor of Wu-hsing, where during a severe famine he boldly spent public funds in relieving the starving poor before he had received authority to do so. "While I am waiting," he said, "the people will perish; and there is no discredit in being punished for a righteous act." For this he was promptly cashiered; however on the petition of the gentry of the district he received another appointment. His daughter then became consort of the Emperor Hsiao Wu Ti, and in order to escape suspicion he insisted on being sent to a provincial post. He had always been a hard drinker, and henceforth was very seldom sober; yet in spite of this failing he was always extremely popular.
2263 Wei Chao 韋肇. 8th cent. A.D. A scholar of the T'ang dynasty, who when he graduated as chin shih inscribed his name on the 雁塔 Goose Pagoda at 曲江 Ch'ü-chiang in Euangtung, a custom which afterwards became universal. He rose to be a secretary in the Grand Council, but fell under the displeasure of Yflan Tsai. Upon the death of the latter in 777 he was appointed Vice President in the Board of Civil Office.
2264 Wei Chêng 魏徵 (T.𤣥成). A.D. 581-643. A native of
