population was returned at 22,976,965. The power of the eunuchs was repressed; and one was put to death in 1010. In 1020 the insanity of the Emperor led K'ou Chun to propose the Regency of the young heir; but the Empress 劉 Liu, a clever woman of low birth, who since 1012 had interfered more and more, aided by Ting Wei and the eunuch 雷允恭 Lei Yün-kung, got rid of K'ou Chun; and on the Emperor's death the trio seized supreme power. An error, however, in preparing the Emperor's grave enabled Wang Tsêng to get the upper hand. Canonised as 文明武定章聖元孝皇帝, with the temple name of 真宗.

154 Chao Hsi-hsü 趙奚恤. Minister to Prince Hsüan^a of the Ch'u State. The latter enquired one day of his courtiers why Chao was so much feared in the north. "Once upon a time," replied 江乙 Chiang I, "a tiger caught a fox. The fox said, 'Do not eat me. God has made me lord of all the beasts. If you do not believe, I will walk on ahead, and you shall follow; and then you will see.' Of course the other beasts of the field, when they saw the tiger, ran away in terror. Just so the people in the north. They are not afraid of Chao, but of your Highness' soldiers who follow him." 155 Chao Hsiao 趙孝 (T. 長平). 1st cent. A.D. An example of fraternal love. In a time of famine, when people were eating each other, some brigands had captured his younger brother Chao 禮 Li. Thereupon he offered to take his brother's place, urging that he was fat and Chao Li thin. The brigands were touched by this appeal, and released them both. Under the Emperor Ming Ti of the Han dynasty, both he and his brother rose to high office. 156

Chao Hsien 趙㬎. A.D. 1271-1277. Third son of Chao Ch'i. He reigned from 1274 to 1276 as seventh Emperor of the Southern Sung dynasty, under the Regency of his mother. He was