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Rh as 文恭, and his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple.   Ch'ên Hsü 陳頊 (T. 紹世). A.D. 531-582. Brother of and uncle to, whom he deposed in 558, mounting the throne as fourth Emperor of the Ch'ên dynasty. In 573 he recovered many Districts from Ch'i, but was overawed by the rising power of Chou. Canonised as 高宗宜皇帝.   Ch'ên Hsüan 陳撰 (T. 楞山 H. 玉几) A famous calligraphist and bibliophile of the 18th cent. A.D.   Ch'ên Huang-chung 陳黃中 (T. 和叔. H. 東莊). 18th cent. A.D. An historical writer, who refused to be recommended to the Emperor, preferring a life of comparative poverty. Author of the 宋史稾, a history of the Sung dynasty, of the 國朝諡法考, a work on the canonisations of the present dynasty, of two books on the dates of metropolitan and provincial high officials, and of a collection of poems and essays.   Ch'ên Hung-mou 陳宏謀 (T. 汝咨 H. 褣門). A.D. 1695—1771. Graduated as chin shih in 1723. After serving in the Censorate he was sent to the provinces, and soon rose to be Governor; and during the next twenty years he was moved about from province to province over half the empire. In 1757 he was Viceroy of the Two Kuang, but lost the post in consequence of alleged incapacity in dealing with a plague of locusts. In 1763 he was President of the Board of War, and in 1767 Grand Secretary and President of the Board of Works. In 1771 he retired from ill-health, with the title of Senior Tutor to the Heir Apparent, and died soon afterwards. Ch'ên was a most successful administrator. He always had his room hung round with maps of the province in which he was serving, so as to become familiar with its geography. He was severe but just to his subordinates, and always anxious to improve the condition of the people. He encouraged the production of copper in Yünnan by allowing the sale of all 