ABSTRACT
K'ow-chun was obnoxious to Ting-wei, whose patron he had been, and through whose influence he had risen to power, he was banished to Lui-chow, in the Canton province. In the year A. D. 1033 the regent died, having kept the whole power in her own hands, though she ought by rights to have resigned it some years previously to Jin Tsung. Ti-ts'ing, a renowned border captain, led what forces he had under his command and defeated him, so that he had to retreat. The Khitans, seeing the difficulties in which the empire was placed, determined to take advantage of them to advance their own interests. The war between Jin Tsung and Chau-yuan came to a sudden termination in the year A. D. 1043, latter submitting terms of peace to the Emperor, which were accepted by him. A rebellion broke out in Cochin China in the year A. D. 1049, headed by Nung Chih-kau, who entered Kwang-si and committed excesses there.
