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and is a name of very old renown among the nomad nations. His name has been written ^ B|^ = Hundred-Eyes, signifying the ceaselen vigilance for which he was noted.

1664 Pu-hu-mu If^^i^. Died A.D. 1800. A member of the K'ang- li tribe (see K^ang^li Hui-hui). As a boy he attracted the notice of Eublai Khan, who caused him to be educated with the Heir Apparent. In 1276 he and other students of the Imperial Academy memorialised in favour of extending education, and in 1278 he became Assistant Judge in Chihli. On one occasion the Emperor supported him in flogging an Imperial bonze who had beaten a courier almost to death. Returning to Peking, he became head of the Civil Office, and on the fall of ^ ^ Sang-ko was offered the post of Minister, but he refused to pass over the heads of his superiors. He subsequently became the trusted adviser of the Emperor Timur. Posthumously ennobled as Duke, and cianonised as ^^ ^.

1665 Pa-ku Huai-jen >^ @ '^ ^ . Died A.D. 765. A member of the ^ ^l T4eh-lo tribe, who distinguished himself by his military talent and aided Kuo Tsti-i in his campaign i^inst the rebel An Lu-shan. He even put to death his own son, who had been taken prisoner but had managed to escape. For these services he was ennobled as Duke and his daughter was given in marriage to the son of Bilgal Khan , who afterwards ruled as Tengri Khan. He was then employed, with the assistance *of Tengri Khan, in reducing Shih Ghao-i, son of Shih SsH-ming, and was again rewarded with high office and other honours. Latterly he became discontented with his position, and was actually engaged with some 200,000 of the Turfan in open rebellion when he died.

1666 Pu K'ung Jf ^ . Died A.D. 774. A Sioghalese Buddhist priest, named ^ § \^ ^ j^ jjP Amdghavadjra or Amdgha, who came to China in 783 and was held in high esteem at Oh*ang-an by successive Emperors of the T'ang dynasty. He proved his supernatural