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{{p|ac|lg}}LIU TSUNG-Y?AN. {{p|ac|sc|sm}}a.d. 773-819. {{p|aj}}{{smaller block|[A most versatile writer, and one of the intimate friends of {{TOC link|135|T?ang Dynasty|113|Han W?n-kung}} (''q.v.''), like whom he was banished on political grounds to a distant official post, where he died. His breadth of intelligence allowed him to tolerate Buddhism, in direct opposition to the utterances of Han W?n-kung, who perceived in its growing influence a menacing danger to Confucianism and to the State. He excelled in political satire, and suffered for the sting of his pen. His death called forth the short but beautiful lament, ?In Memoriam,? by Han W?n-kung.}}

{{p|ac|mt2ex}}REVENGE.

{{p|aj}}{{Drop capital|I}}T is on record that during the reign of the Empress Wu, a man named Hs?, whose father had been executed for some misdeed, slew the presiding magistrate and then gave himself up to the authorities. A suggestion was made by one of the Censors of the day that, on the one hand, the son should suffer death for his crime; on the other, that a memorial to him should be erected in his native village. Further, that the case should be entered as a judicial precedent. {{p|ain}}I consider this suggestion to be wholly wrong. Honours and rewards originated in a des ...

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