of which charge however he was honoarably acquitted and was
finally restored to his honours. He was ennobled as Marquis ,
and canonised as (
Chinese characters).
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Chou Shu (Chinese characters). One of the Four Gray-heads (see T'ang Hsūan-lang). He took the name of (Chinese characters).
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Chou Tê-wei (Chinese characters) (T. (Chinese characters)). Died A.D. 919. A
commander in the service of the Prince of Chin, subsequently
first Emperor of the Later T^ang dynasty, whom he greatly
assisted in his opposition to the usurping House of Liang. Of
military instincts from his youth upwards, he could judge of
the number of an enemy by the accompanying cloud of dust. In
911 he inflicted a severe defeat upon the forces of the Liangs
(see Liu Shou-kang) and in 919 accompanied the Prince upon
a campaign along the Yang-tsze. Passing a night at (Chinese characters)
Hu-Iin-p'o, in the early dawn it was announced that the Liangs
were upon them. There was a rush to arms, and a confusion of
which the enemy took full advantage, Ghou T6-wei and his son
being both among the slain.
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Chou Tun-i (Chinese characters) (T. (Chinese characters) A.D, 1017-1073. A
scholar of the Sung dynasty, commonly known as (Chinese characters)Chou
Tztl, and ranked second only to Chu Hsi. He was born at Lien-
ch4 in Hunan ; hence he came to be spoken of as (Chinese characters)
He was holding a small military command at Nan-an in Kangsi,
when Ch'êng Hsiang applied to him for instruction. He replied
that the latter was too old to profit by such a course, but was
prevailed upon to undertake the education of his two sons, the
afkerwards famous scholars Ch'êng Hao and Ch'êng I. He
subsequently occupied a judicial post in Euangtung, where he
made himself ill by overwork and strict attention to the interests of
the people at all hazards to himself. His chief works were the
(Chinese characters) and the (Chinese characters) written to elucidate the mysteries
