year he abdicated in favour of his son. He was skilled in writing the li character, in which he copied out his father's presentation poems. Canonised as 順宗皇帝.
1207Li Tan 李旦 A.D. 662—716. Younger brother of Li Hsien,
whom he succeeded in 710 as fifth Emperor of the T'ang dynasty.
He had been set up by the Empress Wu Hou as titular sovereign
in 684, and in 690 she named him her heir. He abdicated in 712
in favour of his third son Li Lung-chi, who had managed the
conspiracy that overthrew Wu Hou. Canonised as 睿宗皇帝.
1208Li Tao 李燾 (T. 仁甫) A.D. 1115-1184. A native of 丹棱 Tan-ling in Ssŭ-ch'uan, who rose to be a Vice President of the Board of Rites. Famous as a scholar and author, he wrote a continuation in 520 books of Ssŭ-ma Kuang's Mirror of History, treatises on the Canon of Changes and the Spring and Autumn Annals, a work on rhythm, and numerous essays. Canonised as 文簡.
1209Li T'ê 李徳 (T. 元林) Died A.D. 303. The son of a Tibetan chieftain in western Ssŭ-ch'uan, who joined the Emperor Wu Ti of the Wei dynasty. He held office as a Magistrate in his youth, but took advantage of the misgovernment of the Empress 賈 Chia to enter on a career of robbery. In 300 his band sacked Ch'êng-tu, and two years later he took the titie of Viceroy and adopted a new reign-title; but in 303 he was defeated by the Imperial and local forces, and put to death. Canonised by Li Hsiung as 景帝 Ching Ti, first sovereign of the Ch'êng dynasty of Ssŭ-ch'uan.
1210 Li Tê-lin 李德林 (T. 公輔). A.D. 530-590. A distinguished scholar and statesman, whom Wei Shou declared to be a worthy successor of Wên Tzŭ-shêng. Prodigiously clever, he was entrusted with the preparation of the History of the Northern Ch'i Dynasty, a work completed by his son, Li Po-yo. When the Northern Chou
