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118 A Chinese Biographwal Dictionary of his elder brother, Ghu Fan, and accepted the fief of Yen-ling, from which he is now often spoken of as ^ |^ ^ -^. His services were employed by the rulers of Ln and ^ Hstl; and the latter had a special hankering after a sword worn by him. Chi Cha knew this, but departed on a diplomatic mission without saying anything about it. On his return he found that the ruler of Hsfl was dead; whereupon he took the sword and hung it as a votive offering upon a tree which shaded the dead prince's grave.

Chi Ch'ang. A famous archer of old, who studied the art under ^ |^ Fei Wei. He began by lying for three years under his wife's loom, in order to learn not to blink. He then hung up a louse, and gazed at it for three years, until at length it appeared to him as big as a cart-wheel. After this, he is said to have been able to pierce a louse through the heart with an arrow.

Chi Ch'üeh  (Gh'^eh of Chi). 7th cent. B.C. A man of the Chou dynasty, noted for the politeness with which he treated his wife. When he was labouring in the fields and she brought him his dinner, he would receive her with a bow as though she were some honoured guest.

Chi Hsin  3rd cent. B.C. A captain in liu Pang's army. When the latter was besieged by Hsiang Chi At ^ ^ Jung- yang, with little hope of escape, Chi disguised himself as Liu Pang and proceeded to the enemy's lines to tender his submission. In the excitement that ensued, liu Pang succeeded in getting dear away; but when the ruse was discovered, Hsiang Chi ordered Chi Hsin to be burnt alive. A shrine was erected to his memory at fj^ ^ Shun-ch4ng in modern SstichSian} as a patriot whose loyalty saved the country, and as one who reckoned his own life of no account compared with that of his sovereign.

Chi Huan Tzŭ. 6th and 7th cent B.C. A noUe in