and iu 1629 nearly 300 persons were connoted and sentenced to varying penalties for being connected with his schemes.
2271 Wei Pu-jen t^ ^ A (T- J^ ^)- Died A.D. 140. The wife of ^ ^ Li Cha , Governor of ^ ^ Ju-yin. She was fiimous as a calligraphist in the ^t style.
2272 Wei Hou 1^ j^. Died A.D. 711. Consort of the Emperor Chang Tsnng of the T^ang dynasty, whom she poisoned in A.D. 710. She made an attempt to seize the throne, bat was opposed by the yoang Prince who afterwards raled as the Emperor Ming Haang. Her forces were defeated, and she and many of her adherents were pat to death.
2273 Wei Hsi 01 jj^ (T. ^ ;|^. H. fgf ^). A.D. 1624^1680. The fonnder of a school of philosophy and history, known as the ^ ^ '^ j^ -jr* , and composed of a few friends who retired to a hill refuge near Ningpo during the tronbles at the close of the Ming dynasty. In 1663 he wandered along the Yang-tsze and the Huai, seeking the acquaintance of noted scholars. In 1678 he was compelled to take o£Sce, but was soon allowed to retire and died two years later, his wife starving herself to death thirteen days afterwards. He wrote ^^^ i. i^ ^ t&t ^ commentary on the Spring and Autumn ^ the
Q ^ty ^ diary, and some essays.
2274 Wei Hsiang-shu §||^ ^ (T. ^^ or ^ ^). A.D. 1616-
1686. A native of ^ Yd-chou in Chihli, who graduated as chin shih in 1646 and was appointed to the Censorate. In 1654 he was degraded with the rest of the Censors for failure to report the misdeeds of the Grand Secretary ^ ^ ^ Ch^^n Ming-hsia, but was shortly "afterwards re-instated. In 1659 he retired to attend upon his aged mother, and for 18 years devoted himself to the study of philosophy. In 1672 he returned to oflBce and in 1678 he was appointed President of the Censorate, a post which he kept at his own request until he retired in ill-health in 1684, after a
