1851
Tai Liang (
Chinese characters)(T. (Chinese characters) ). 2nd cent. A.D. A native of (Chinese characters)
(Chinese characters) Shên-yang in Honan, who was an eccentric fellow and fond
of shocking public prejudices. He graduated as hsiao lien, but would
not take office; and when afterwards he received an appointment,
he fled away into the mountains. He gave his daughters only cotton
clothes and wooden shoes for their trousseaux. On being asked who
there was to be compared with himself, he replied, "Like Confucius
and the Great Yü, I walk alone."
Tai P«ing ^ ^ (T. ^ rfl ). 1st cent. B.C. and A.D. A native 1852 of P4ng-y(i in Honan, who was deeply read in the Confucian Canon, and rose to high office under the Emperor Euang Wu Ti. On a certain New Year's Day, when the great officers of State were paying their respects, his Majesty bade them examine one another in the Canon and take precedence accordingly. The result was that Tai P^ng passed over the heads of some fifty of his colleagues, and his knowledge of the Sacred Books became a household-word at the capital.
Tai Sheng (Chinese characters) (T. (Chinese characters)). 1st and 2nd cent. B.C. Cousin 1853
to Tai Tê, whose work on Rites he reduced to 49 sections. It was
known as (Chinese characters) and is now incorporated in the Confucian
Canon as the Book of Rites.
Tai Shu-lun (Chinese characters) (T. (Chinese characters)). 9th cent. A.D. A native 1854
of (Chinese characters) Jun-chou in Kiangsu, distinguished as a poet and official
under the T'ang dynasty. For his successful administration of (Chinese characters)
Fu-chou in Kiangsi he was ennobled as Baron. Under his rule
"agriculture yielded larger returns every year, and the gaols were
empty of prisoners."
Tai Teê (Chinese characters) (T. (Chinese characters) ). 1st and 2nd cent. B.C. A pupil of 1855
Hon Ts'ang, who prepared a work on Rites in 85 sections. He is
known as (Chinese characters) the Elder Tai, to distinguish him from his cousin
Tai Shêng.
