(8) When the Emperor recently assumed the administration of the government, orders were issued through the Board of Ceremonies for having services conducted at the graves of former Emperors, and Brigadier-General Liao Ch'ang-ming was chosen to perform the necessary: rites in the Hu Kuang provinces. Shortly after
from ill-health and General T'ang Jui-thing his appointment he was obliged to retire was nominated to take his place. The latter conducted the ceremony at the grave of Shen Nung Shih (The Divine Husbandman) in the District of Lin, but received a sunstroke and died on the return journey. No service has yet taken place at the grave of the Emperor Shun, and it is requested that the Brigadier General of Yungehoa, Han Chin-chang, may be detached for the performance of the ceremony in question. =-Sanetioned by Rescript.
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