A Chinese Biographical Dictionary 707

Tai Liang ^% (T. ;^ fK ). 2nd cent. A.D. A native of ^ 1851 ^ Sh^n-yang in Honan, who was an eccentric fellow and fond of shocking public prejudices. He graduated as hsiao lien, but would not take office; and when afterwards he received an appointment, he fled away into the mountains. He gave his daughters only cotton clothes and wooden shoes for their trousseaux. On being asked who there was to be compared with himself, he replied, Like Confucius and the Great Til, I walk alone.*'

Tai P«ing ^ ^ (T. ^ rfl ). 1st cent. B.C. and A.D. A native 1852 of P4ng-y(i in Honan, who was deeply read in the Confucian Canon, and rose to high office under the Emperor Euang Wu Ti. On a certain New Year's Day, when the great officers of State were paying their respects, his Majesty bade them examine one another in the Canon and take precedence accordingly. The result was that Tai P^ng passed over the heads of some fifty of his colleagues, and his knowledge of the Sacred Books became a household-word at the capital.

Tai Sheng ^£ (T. ^#). 1st and 2nd cent. B.C. Cousin 1853 to Tai T6, whose work on Rites he reduced to 49 sections. It was known as yj> ^^« and is now incorporated in the Confucian Canon as the Book of Rites.

Tai Shu-lun ^ ;^ ^ (T. ^jf; ^). 9th cent. A.D. A native 1854 of ypl Jun-chou in Eiangsu, distinguished as a poet and official under the T^ang dynasty. For his successful administration of ^^ Fu-chou in Eiangsi he was ennobled as Baron. Under his rule agriculture yielded larger returns every year, and the gaols were empty of prisoners."

Tai Te ^ ^ (T. ^ ^ ). 1st and 2nd cent. B.C. A pupil of 1855 Hon Ts^ang, who prepared a work on Rites in 85 sections. He is known as ^ ^ the Elder Tai, to distinguish him from his cousin

Tai Sh£ng.