44 HIENBI. strong fort& Fooyii was reduced, in one of these campaigns, to so low an ebb, that its king, Yiloo, committed suicide, and his sons fled eastwards into the kingdom of Wojoo. Kwei took several cities, and retired to his own country with 10,000 captives. On his departure, Yilo, son of the dead king, returned to Fooyii to assume the government ; and as numbers of those who had fled beyond the frontier now desired to return to their native land, Tilo asked Hokan, a chief of the Eastern Hoo barbarians of Liaotung, to escort the Fooyii men scattered south and east in Liaotung. Hokan sent one of his officers to lead home the fugitives, but, while on the way, Kwei pounced upon and defeated him, again sacked Fooyii, and then wheeled round and drove home a quantity of spoil out of Liaosi Some time after, he sent messengers to the Chinese court to tender his allegiance, which was gladly accepted ; and he was nominated, by the emperor, Doodoo of Hienbi The comman- dant of Yowchow was also a Doodoo, so that the rank at that time implied a combination of civil authority with the militaiy rank of Lieutenant-General. The rank was what is now called Dootoong, or Military Lieutenant-Qovemor. To be formally invested with his new rank, it was necessary to go to court ; and as he learned that Hokan and all the ministers were to receive him ui state, he appeared in his best official robea But finding, on arrival at the palace gate, a band of soldiers drawn up, not in the attitude of welcome to a guest^ but of caution, as if to receive an enemy, he retired immediately, quickly changed his apparel, and presented himself in ordinary garments. He was asked why he had thus acted, and replied that, when received as a guest, he desired to act the guest ; but if the host foxgot to act the host, what could the guest do 7 Instead of anger, his reply gained him much credit — ^as such replies do in China to this day; for nowhere is etiquette better understood than in China, and no people are so sensitive to criticism on their etiquette as the Chinese. Ewei had already married a daughter of ELing Dwan, and with her he took up his abode at
