368 A Chinese Biographical Dictionarypublic documents. The favour shown to him excited jealoasy, and

in 1689 he was denounced in a long and virulent diatribe by Eqo Hsiu as the head of a faction organised for purposes of rapacity by abuse of the Imperial favour. In 1694 he was restored to office. Author of a work on art, jottings on history and books, and journals of Imperial progresses. Canonised as [^ ^ .

962 Kao Ssŭ-sun (T. ^'^). 12th cent. A.D. A poet and miscellaneous writer, who graduated as chin shih in 1184. Author of the ^ ^ , an investigation into various points recorded in history, and also of a collection of writings entitled j^ ^ ^. To him is due the honour of being the first critic to expose the claims of the spurious work which still passes under the name of Lieh Tzti.

963 Kao T'ang . 3rd and 2nd cent. B.C. A scholar of the Han dynasty, famous for the assistance he gave towards restoring the text of the Canon of Rites subsequent to the '^burning of the books" by the First Emperor. His work on the subject was known as the "h

Kao Ti. See (Han) Liu Pang; (Ch4) Hsiao Tao-ch'êng. Kao Tsu. See (Han) Liu Pang; (Sui) Yang Chien; (T'ang) Li Yüan; (L. Chin) Shih Ching-t'ang; (L. Han) Liu Chih-yüan. Kao Tsung. See (Sung) Chao Kou; (T'ang) Li Chih.

964 Kao Yang (T. ^ ^). Died A.D. 559. Son of Kao Huan, and first Emperor of the Northern Ch4 dynasty which he established in 550 (see TUan Shan-chien). He was a cruel debauchee, but ruled with a firm hand. He was succeeded by his son j|^ Yin, known in history as ^ ^ , who was deposed by the Empress Dowager after a reign of eight months. Canonised as j^ J^ "^ *^ ^ .

965 Kao Yao (T. jg ^ ). Died B.C. 2204. A famous Minister under the Emperor Shun, said to have been the first to introduce

laws for the repression of crime. Also known as