his days in peace. A precocious boy, he graduated as chin shih
belote he was twenty, and entered upon official life. Having ruade
a special study of history, he was employed under Ssfi-ma Kuang
upon the great work which the latter.was preparing, and if fell
fo his share fo unravel many of the knotty and difficult points
which lay in the path of the historian. Wang An-shih, an old
acquaintance, then wished fo gain his aid in the elaboration of
some of his numerous schemes; but Liu pleaded ignorance of the
subject and steadily refused fo help, which led fo permanent ill-
feeling between them. After his death from sickness, an official
post was conferred upon his son in recognition of the ïather's
contributions fo history.
1354 Litl StlIlg-Shall ?| ? ? (T. ? ?? ). Joined the army ai the age of twenty, and after serving in no less than thirteen provinces, rose fo the ranl? of Provincial Commander-in-chier. In 1868 he succeeded in crushing the Nien fei, and drove them from Chihli, for which services he received a title and the Yellow Jacket. He was killed in action while fighting against the Mahomedan rebels in Shensi. Was canonised as ?, ?:?.
1355 Lill Ta .?| ?_??. A.D. 57--89. Fffth son of Liu Chang, whom he succeeded iu 76 as third Emperor of the Eastern YIan dynasty. In the early part of this reign the Hsiung-nu proved very troublesome, until they were defeated by Pari Ch'ao whose splendid achievements paved the way for the extension of the empire towards Central Asia. Caonised as
1356 Liu Ta-hsia ?] ? ? (T. ? ;?). A.D. 1431--1511. Grad- uating-as cItin sItih in 1464, he served in various important capacities until in 1502 he became President of the Board of War. tte persuaded the unwilling Emperor fo introduce some reforms, but his objection fo eunuch Commandants led fo his retirement in
1506, and two years afterwards Liu Chin caused him fo be banished