treasores, betrayed the city to Too Chien-ti, and he was captured and executed with his two sons. 2&36 YiL-wen Mou-Chao ^^^^. 13th cent. A.D. A Tarfaur, who according to the preface of the ^ ^ H >^ History of ti$ Chin Tartars was the author of that work, which he presented to the Throne in 1234, having joined the Sontbem Snngs and obtained an official post. Judging from internal eridence, it is more probable that the book is really from the hand of Yeh Lnng-li.
2537 Til-wen T'ai ^ ^ ^ (T. H ^). A.D. 506-557. A natife of ji^ jll Wu-ch'uan in Shansi, and descendant of the chieftain of a Turkic tribe who called himself Yt[-w£n (explained as ^ ^) Sovereign by Divine Right; hence the surname. He rooe to higii office under the Emperor Hsiao Wu of the Northern Wei dynastj (see Yuan Hstu)^ upon whose death he founded the Western Wei dynasty (see YUan Pao~chu)^ followed by the Northern Chon dynasfy, of which his own son Y<l-w6n ChtLo was first Emperor. Canonised <
2538 Til-wen Ytl ^^^. Died A.D. 560. Eldest half-brother to Yil-w6n Ghilo, whom he succeeded in 557 as second Emperor of the Northern Chou dynasty. After a brief reign he fell a victim to the fears of the Regent Yil-wdn Hu , who inserted poison in his food; and another brother, Yil-win Yung, took his place. Canonised
2539 Ytl-wen Tung ^ ;^ g . A.D. 542-578. Brother to Yfi-wto Yfi, whom he succeeded in 560 as third Emperor of the Northern Chou dynasty. He concealed his intentions until 567, when he slew the Regent Yii-w6n Hu, who had killed his two brothers and predecessors, and assumed the reins of government. In 574 be suppressed both Buddhism and Taoism. In 577 he annexed the Northern Ch4 State (see Kao Chan), and extended his empire firom Shensi eastward to the sea, and southward to the Yang-tsse. He
