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he gave himself up, together with the new Emperor Ch'in Tsung, to the China army, which was besieging Pien-liang in Honan, and was carried north, where he died, his captors bestowing on him the contemptuous title of 昏德公 the Besotted Duke. His son, the first monarch of the Southern Sung dynasty, canonised him as 聖文仁德顯孝皇帝, with the temple name of 徽宗.

146 Chao Ch'i 趙岐 (T. 邠卿) Died A.D. 201, aged over ninety. A native of 長陵 Ch'ang-ling, near Nanking. He was a nephew by marriage of Ma Jung, and was himself a scholar of distinction. But his outspoken denunciation of 唐玹 T'ang Hsien, or 唐寶 T'ang Pao, Governor of Lo-yang, brought him into trouble, and he had to flee to 北海市 Pei-hai-shih(?), where he changed his name from 趙嘉 Chao Chia (T. 臺卿) to that by which he is now known. Disguised as a seller of cakes, he was accosted by 孫嵩 Sun Sung, who suspected him to be no common man, and asked how he bought and sold his cakes. "They cost me thirty cash," he replied, "and I sell them for thirty cash." "You are no cake-seller," cried Sun Sung, and carried him home in his chariot. By the year A.D. 195, Chao had risen to be a Minister in the Court of Sacrificial Worship; and one day chancing to meet Sun Sung, the two old friends burst into tears. Besides writing a commentary upon Mencius, whose seven books he subdivided into sections, chapters, and paragraphs, he was an artist of no mean repute; and among other pictures he painted portraits of himself, Chi Cha, Tzŭ Ch'an, Yen Ying, and 叔向 Shu Hsiang, sitting together at a feast.

147 Chao Ch'i 趙禥. A.D. 1222-1274. A descendant in the twelfth generation from the fouuder of the Sung dynasty, and cousin of Chao Yün. He reigned as sixth Emperor of the Southern Sung dynasty from 1265 to 1274. In spite of strict training, he turned out a mere debauchee, who let his country go to ruin, and believed