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studies. Cauonised as ^j) jj|g. ;^ ^ ^ ^ of the Earlier Ten State. Mu-jung Wei Hk # ^t (T. ^ 3|). A.D. 350-385. Third 1661 SOD of Mu-jung TsuD, whom he succeeded in 360. Fu Chien sent an army under Wang M^ug against him, and he was carried away captivei but he was spared and ennobled as Marquis. Fifteen years later, the operations of Mu-jung Gh'ui led him into a conspiracy against the life of Fu Chien. This was discovered, and he was put to death. Canonised by Mu-jung Td as ^ ^ ^. Mu-jung Yiln ^ ^ ^ (T. -y* ^ ). Died A.D. 409. Adopted 1662 son of Mu-jung Pao, to whom he commended himself by his grave and reticent manners, and who ennobled him as Duke. He slew Mu-jung Hsi and mounted the throne of the Great (Northern) Yen State in 407, at the same time reverting to his original family name of ^ Eao. He was assassinated by two ladies of his harem, and canonised as ^ ^ ^ ^. He was succeeded first by i^ ^ Fdng Po, his Minister, who usurped the throne and held it until his death in 430; and then by his brother ^ ^ Eao Hung, who succumbed in 436 to the constant attacks of the Wei State. Mu Kung yfc ^' A legendary being, said to have been the 1663 first creature evolved from chaos, and subsequently the husband of Hsi Wang Mu.

Mu Eung of Ch'in ^ ^ ^ (named f^ ^ ). A famous 1664 feudal ruler, who in B.C. 660 succeeded his father, upon the throne of Ch4n, and later on obtained the invaluable assistance of Po-li Hsi. He warred successfully against the Chin State, and aided in placing Ch'ung Erh upon its throne in 636. He soon became jealous of the rising influence of the Chins; and after suffering severe defeat at ^ |ij Tao-shan in Houan, he was at length successful in checking the rival power. He subdued the ^ Jung barbarians, and was rewarded by the Emperor with a gift of golden drums. He died in B.C. 621, and 177 persons were sacrificed at his funeral.

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