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order. One of these, I Yin _/_ _', referred to in An
xii. 22, he appointed Regent at his death, and when the
young monarch, T'ai Chia _ I_, grandson of T'ang,
yielded to self-indulgence instead of attending to the
duties of his position, I Yin removed him for a period to
the tombs of his ancestors. In that sacred spot he was
urged to ponder over their virtues and his own errors,
with eminently satisfactory results to the young man and
his future rule.
Fourteen sovereigns followed T'ai Chia before the above
named P'an Keng. 13.C. I4oi--I374, in success, ion to his
brother, ascended the throne. Deeming it advisable to
remove his capital, whether to propitiate the Fates by returning
to the neighbourhood of the ancient seat, or in
consequence of some overflow of the Yellow River, he
induced his people, with much difficulty, as is shewn in
the Shu, _j _ Book vii, to remove to a place called Yin
in modern Honan, this being the fifth removal during
the Shang dynasty. Eleven sovereigns followed him, two
of whom were his brothers, thus making with himself and
his predecessor four brothers who suceessively sat on the
throne.
Wu Ting, _i_ T whose posthumous name is Kao Tsung
i_ _, a son of Hsiao, one of these brothers, arrested for
a time the downfall of the dynasty so immine,t at this
period. On his accession, in a dream he described as God
given, he saw the features of a man whom he was instructed
to seek out as his minister. Search was duly made
and this man Fu Yen _ _ was discovered and called
from following his occupation of a builder. Being brought