Born in the time of the Tang Dynasty he had already reached the: scholarly rank of Hanlin when Hsien T'ung was reigning at Ch'ing-n in Shensi Province (A. D. 800:
874) and seems to have been a county magistrate under this Emperor. When Wang Hsien-tzu raised the standard of rebellion against the Emperor, the Court moved int Stechuan for a time.
When ug died, his place was taken by Luang-tsao who swept Hike a devastating scourge through Honan, Hupeh, Kiangsi, Fukien, Chékinng, Anhui and" northers Kuangsi and so back through Hupeh and Honan towards the capital During these raids this credited with having wussed the death of eight million people, but he had not increased his following and as he neared pital he was met by armies gathered by the adherents of the peror and utterly defeated.
When the trouble broke out and the Court fled, Lit Tung-ping left his post and made his way to the Chung-lan Mountain, to the south of Sianfu, in search' of quiet. Te touch with devout follow ers of the Taoist faith, and devoted himself to the study of all that ex tained the "Why." All his old as ditions faded, office lost its charm.
Hankow ko up to the fact scholarship was subordinated
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