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150 as chin $hih in 1400, he shared the &voar of the Emperor Yung Lo with Hsieh Chin and the three Yangs (see Fang P^u), He accompanied the Emperor on two northern expeditions, the eyeots of which he duly recorded. In 1414 he aided in preparing a new edition of the Four Books ^ and six years later was made a Grand Secretary. He was left in charge of the Emperor's remains in 1424, while Yang Jung hastened to Peking with the news of his decease. He continued to be greatly trusted, drawing three salaries, as President of the Board of Rites, as Orand Secretary, and as Han-lin Chancellor, until in 1425 he retired to attend on his aged mother. On her death in 1426 he was entrusted with the preparation of the biographical records of the third and fourth Ming Emperors. In 1428 he was sent on a mission to 1^ ^ Ning-hsia in Eansuh, and reported on the grievances of the people. He named his house ^ ^ The Retreat, and is himself always spoken of by his "style." Canonised as ^d||.

Chin Shêng-t'an  (T. ^^. H. A^)- Born A.D. 1627. Editor of the four novels ^^MM^^^VM IE » ^ i^^^ and ;|C ;^ ^, which he published with commentaries and entitled the ^^ 3^ "^ ^ Four Wonderful Works, Being suspected of treasonable tendencies shortly after the accession of the Emperor E'ang Hsi in 1662, he was executed, together with sixteen other men of letters.

Chin-shun Died A.D. 1886. A Bannerman of Eirin, who left his native place in 1853. He did good service against the T^ai-p4ngs in Hupeh and Anhui, rising in 1872 to be Military Governor of Uliasutai. From 1873—77 he was occupied in suppressing the Mahomedau rebels in Eansuh and Eashgaria, becoming Military Governor of Hi in December 1876. He and Liu Chin-t^ang did most of the hard fighting as lieutenants to Tso Tsung-t^ang, under whom he was Assistant Administrator of the