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From childhood grave and studious, he was taken in charge by an elder brother who had adopted the monastic life, in a convent at the royal city of Loyang in Honan.

His magnificence of idea was shown in the grand adornments of Loyang, his capital, where two million of men were employed upon his palace and the public buildings.

Loyang became the capital of Wei and the activity of the White Horse Monastery continued.

It was in that year, you will remember, that King An-tun Aurelius's envoys reached Loyang by way of Bumiah and the sea.

A great suburb, Loyang, lay beyond the northern water, connected with the city by the most celebrated bridge in China.