him Governor of Wu-hsing in Cbehkiangy where his administration
was so mild that the people could not bear to part with him; and
when he was promoted to be President of the Board of Civil Office, they escorted him some hundred miles on his journey. He was ennobled as Marquis , and is commonly known as (
Chinese characters); but after all he left no son.
1908 Têng Yü (T. (Chinese characters)). A.D. 1-58. A native of Hsin-yeh
in Honan, who at the age of 18, while studying at Ch'ang-an,
attached himself to the fortunes of Liu Hsiu, and aided him to
establish the E. Han dynasty. For his numerous brilliant victories over the forces of Wang Mang he was appointed Commander-in- chief in A.D. 26, and was ennobled as Marquis. His portrait was the first of the twenty-eight portraits of generals placed by order of the Emperor Ming Tl in the(Chinese characters), a special gallery for those heroes by whose valour his line had been founded. Canonised as (Chinese characters).
1909 T'eng Tuan-fia (Chinese characters) (T. (Chinese characters)). 11th cent. A.D. A native of Tung-yang in Chehkiang, whose personal name was originally
(Chinese characters)Fu, Yüan-fa being his style. He attached himself to the
establishment of Fan Chung-yen , but led a wild harum-scarum hfei
generally coming home at night more or less drunk. On one occasion
Fan sat up reading in the library, intending to receive him with
an admonition. T'êng however boldly entered the room, and enquired with a low bow what book the great man might be reading. "The History of the Han Dynasty," replied the latter, gravely. "Ah!"
cried T'êng; "what sort of a fellow was the old founder?" At this
Fan got up and retired in confusion , remembering that an ancestor
of his, Fan Ts'êng, had advised the assassination of that monarch.
T'êng graduated as chin shih and entered official life. He opposed
Wang An-shih and his reforms, and became the trusted adviser of
the Emperor Sh6n Tsung; and with some ups and downs, he
