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of which charge however he was honoarably acquitted and was finally restored to his honours. He was ennobled as Marquis , and canonised as ji^.

423 Chou Shu . One of the Four Gray-heads (see T'ang HsQan-lang). He took the name of ^ J|[ '^ ^ .

424 Chou Tê-wei (T. ^jg). Died A.D. 919. A commander in the service of the Prince of Chin, subsequently first Emperor of the Later T^ang dynasty, whom he greatly assisted in his opposition to the usurping House of Liang. Of military instincts from his youth upwards, he could judge of the number of an enemy by the accompanying cloud of dust. In 911 he inflicted a severe defeat upon the forces of the Liangs (see Liu Shou-hiang) ^ and in 919 accompanied the Prince upon a campaign along the Yang-tsze. Passing a night at '^ ^ |^ Hu-Iin-p*o, in the early dawn it was announced that the Liangs were upon them. There was a rush to arms, and a confusion of which the enemy took full advantage, Ghou T6-wei and his son being both among the slain.

425 Chou Tun-i ^^® (T. '^^y A.D, 1017-1073. A scholar of the Sung dynasty, commonly known as ^ -^ Chou Tztl, and ranked second only to Chu Hsi. He was born at Lien- ch4 in Hunan ; hence he came to be spoken of as ^^ f^ '^ ^ . He was holding a small military command at Nan-an in Eiangsi, when Ch*6ng Hsiang applied to him for instruction. He replied that the latter was too old to profit by such a course, but was prevailed upon to undertake the education of his two sons, the afkerwards famous scholars Ch'Sng Hao . and Ch'dng I. He subsequently occupied a judicial post in Euangtung, where he made himself ill by overwork and strict attention to the interests of the people at all hazards to himself. His chief works were the

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