A Chinese Biographical Dictionary 695

Lo-an in modern Shantung, who distinguished himself by his works on the Classics. He wrote the ^ ||| -^ ^ , and is said to have been the first to use the ^ "^ spelling system , under which the sound of any character is indicated by taking the initial and final portions of two other characters, respectively. His personal name was originally jJS| Ten; but as this was also the name of the first Emperor of the Chin dynasty, he was obliged to substitute his style, Shu-jan.

Sun Ss4-k*o ^M% (T. g g£ ). Died A.D. 1700. A Chinese 1820 Banner man, noted for his successes against the Oelots, against the Shensi rebels in 1675—79, and against Galdan. He rose to be a general, and was ennobled as Baron. Canonised as |||^i ^^^ included in the Temple of Worthies.

Sun Ssu-miao ^JS^^. Died A.D. 682. A native of Hua-yiian 1821 in Shensi, who was attracted while quite a boy by the doctrines of Lao Tzu, and made- himself so familiar with the writings of Chuang Tzd and other authors of the kind that he was pronounced to be ^'a divine child. He received an offer of employment from the Emperor WSn Ti of the Sui dynasty, which he declined, because, as he confided to his friends, he was awaiting the arrival of a Prophet fifty years later. The first Emperor of the T*ang dynasty twice summoned him to Court, but could not prevail upon him to take office. He returned to his quiet mountain home, and passed his time in gathering simples and performing miracles. He prepared a potion called ^ jj|^ f^ , which if drunk on New Year's Day would give immunity from pestilence; and he also made many wonderful prophecies, all of which were duly fulfilled. Author of the tt J^ iBi a Taoist work, and of the ^ ^ ^ */i§ and other medical treatises. Also known as ^ ^ ^ .

Sun Ti ^ ^ (T. # ^. H. j^ ]g Jg ±). A.D. 1081-1169. 1822

A native of ^ |^ Ghia-ling in Eiangsu, said to hare been really