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Chiang Yung  (T. ^#). A.D. 1680-1762. A native of ij^ ^l^ Wn^yflan in Anhni, who passed his long life as a teacher and a recluse. His studies lay chiefly in the direction of the Confucian Canon, but he also devoted much attention to Lao Tzft and to Cbuang Tztt. His greatest work is the JlS iE iM S * on the Book of lUtea; besides this he wrote on the topography of the Spring and Autumn, on ancient rhymes, on astronomy, on music, and an important treatise on the ancient sounds of certain characters, entitled '^^^'^'

Chiao Fu-tzŭ A legendary philosopher, said by Chang Shih-nan to have been worshipped in the 10th century B.G. at ||^ ^| Min-shan in SstLch'uan. His cognomen had been forgotten, and he was accordingly styled only Fu-tzti, or the Master, in honour of his great learning. He was represented in a grotesque and repulsive form, with huge eyes, an immense nose, and a curly beard.

Chiao Hung (T. |g >0^ . H. if H ). A.D. 1541 -1620. A native of Chiang-ning in Eiangsu, who took his first degree in 1564, and graduated in 1589 as first on the list at the Palace Examination. He then entered the Han-lin College, and became Expositor to the Heir Apparent. In 1598 he was Examiner for the Metropolitan District, but got into trouble over the language Q8ed in the essays of some of his successful candidates, and was banished to Foochow as sub-Prefect. He was shortly afterwards further degraded, and then retired from public life. He was a fine scholar, and especially good in the archaic style of writing. His honours were posthumously restored to. him, and he was canonised

Chiao Kan  (T. ^ ||). Ist cent. B.C. A great scholar,