died. He was a fine scholar, and an nntiring opponent of eunuch influence.
1212 Li T'iao-yüan 李調元 (T. 雨村 H. 墨莊). A native of ^ Mien-chou in Setich'uan, who graduated as chin sfdh in 1763 and was disting^shed as a poet and a bibliophile. He selected and published the ^ IH^ PIQ ^ ^ Poems of the Four Schools of Korea ^ and edited the ^ |^ encyclopsedia, which is chiefly an expansion of the work of Yang Shdn.
1213 Li T'ieh-kuai . One of the Eight Immortals of Taoism , represented as a b^gar leaning on an iron staff, for the following reason. Summoned by Lao Tztl to a conference on high, his anima mounted to heaven, leaving the body, with the umbra still present, in the charge of a disciple. The latter, however, was called away to his mother's deathbed, and when the anima returned, the umbra had passed as usual into the earth and dissolution had set in. The anima therefore took refuge in the body of a lame beggar who had just expired, that is, whose anima had just gone up to heaven, but whose umbra had not yet gone down to earth.
1214 Li T'ien . A man of the Sung dynasty, who fired a cracker at a dangerous demon, named 山臊 Shan Sao, and put him to flight. From this iis said to date the custom of cracker- firing in China.
1215 Li T'ien-fu 李天馥 (T. 湘北 H. 容齋). A.D. 1634- 1699. A native of Ho-fei in Anhui, of precocious talent, who graduated as chin shih in 1657 and devoted himself to study in the Han-lin College. After being President of several Boards, he was chosen at the end of 1692 to be a Grand Secretary, but was obliged immediately to go into mourning for his mother. However the Emperor E^ang Hsi thought so highly of him that he kept his office open for him during his three years* retirement. Author of a collections of poems and essays entitled S&
