dignified demeanour. At the same time he was so humble th^t when entering the palace he woald creep along by the wall, not deeming himself worthy to occupy the middle of the road. With the rise however of the eunuch Wang Chfin in 1440, his influence began to wane. He was known as ^ ^ Southern Yang, to distinguish him from Yang* Jung and Yang Yfl, who are together known as the Three Yangs. Canonised as ^ ^^ •
2404 Tang Shen i^^ (T. ^ ^. H. ^ ^). A.D. 1488-1529.
Son of Yang T'ing-ho, and a native of Hsin-tu in SsCich^nan. He graduated first on the list at the Palace examination in 1511, and was appointed to the Han-lin College. His official career was somewhat chequered. In 1524 he strenuously opposed the appointment of EneiO and Chang Ts^ung to the Han-lin College, and when the Emperor would not listen to him, he wept and howled so loudly that he was heard all over the palace. For this he was thrown into prisoo, and eventually banished to ^ j^ Yung-ch'ang in Yiinnan where he died. He was an accomplished scholar and author, his best known works being the -^ ^ ^jj^ ^ , a collection of miscellaneous writiDgB, which is really a compressed edition of a much more extenaife production ; and the |$ 2^ 'j^ ^ J^ t a philological treatise. At ten he had composed verses, and at eleven had projected a work on ancient battle-fields. He was especially versed in astronomy, ceremonial, and history. During his later years he led a life of apparent dissipation, in order to avert the Emperor's snspicionii Canonised as ^ ^ .
2405 Tang Shih ijg^f^ (T. l|l ifc. H. H |ij). A.D. 1058-1135. A native of j||^ ^ Chiang-lo in Fuhkien. He graduated as Mi thih in 1077, but declined to take office and enrolled himself as a disciple under Ch'^ng Hao, who was then at jj^ ^ Ying-ch'aog in Honan. On the death of the latter, he joined the still mon fiEmious brother, Ch'tog I, at Lo-yang, and remained with himoniil
