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Rh dynasty as 文安 and in 1437 his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple.

Chin Mi-ti 金日磾 (T. 翁). Died B.C. 86. A statesman of the Han dynasty, orginallyoriginally [sic] Heir Apparent to 休屠 Hsiu-ch‘u, Khan of the Hsiung-nu. Taken prisoner by Ho Ch‘ü-p‘ing, he was made a Government slave, and set to tend horses. Being eight feet in stature, 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‘ü-p‘ing) and rapidly raised him to important posts. In B.C. 88 he detected the conspiracy of 莽何羅 Mang Ho-lo — 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, overpowering him after a desperate struggle. Together with Ho Kuang, into whose family he married, he received the dying commands of his Imperial patron, and together they became guardians of the young Emperor Chao 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 金張古族 "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 敬.

Chin P'ang 金旁 (T. 蕊中 and 檠齋). A distinguished pupil of Chiang Yung, he graduated in 1772, and henceforth devoted his life to study. He wrote the 禮箋, a work on the Book of Rites, much esteemed by scholars.

Chin Shan 金善 (T. 幼孜). A.D. 1368–1431. Graduating