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382 Chin Mi-ti (T. ^ :^). Died B.C. 86. A statesman of the Han dynasty, orginally Heir Apparent to ^ ^ Hsiu-ch'o, Khan of the Hsinng-nu. Taken prisoner by Ho Gh*Q-p4ng, he was made a Go?emment slave, and set to tend horses. Being eight fiset in statnre, he attracted the notice of the Emperor Wu Ti, who gave him the name of Chin (said to be taken from the golden image of Buddha brought by Ho Ch^d-p'ing) and rapidly raised him to important posts. In B.C. 88 he detected the conspiracy of ^^ ^ j^ Mang Ho-10| — who had slain the Heir Apparent, wrongfully as the Emperor found out too late, — and caught the traitor entering the palace with a sword concealed under his robes, oyerpowering him after a desperate struggle. Together with Ho Euang, into whose family he married, he received the dying commands of his Imperial patron, and together they became guardians of the young Emperor Ghao Ti. His two sons had been the ^playmates of the latter, and both received signal marks of favour; but Chin slew the elder with his own hand when he found him spoilt by prosperity. The phrase ^ ^ "jjp j^ "the old families of Chin and Chang,*' as opposed to "new men,*' has reference to the families of Chin Mi-ti and Chang An-shih, and the influential position occupied by their descendants for several generations. By a posthumous Decree of the Emperor Wu Ti, Chin Mi-ti was ennobled as Marquis, and at death he was canonised as ^.

383 Chin P'ang (T. «^ 4* »°^ 1^ ^ )• -^ distinguished pupil of Chiang Taug, he graduated in 1772, and henceforth devoted his life to study. He wrote the j^ ^ , a work on the Book of Ritei, much esteemed by scholars.

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Chin Shan (T. 4^1^)- A.D. 1368-1431. Graduating