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Ch'in P'êng  (T. >f|^ 2p ). Died A.D. 88. A native of 894 MoQ-ling in Sheusi, whose twin sister entered the seraglio of the Emperor Ming Ti of the Han dynasty. Through her influence, he obtained in 64 an o£Scial appointment, and in 72 was operating against the Hsinng-nu. In 76 he became Governor of Shan-yang in Shantung, where he abolished punishments and tried to influence the people aright, promoting education and religious ceremonial; the result being that a ch^i bn, a phoenix, and other good portents appeared. From the high offices held by five members, with salaries at the rate of 2,000 piculs of rice, the family came to be known as ^ '^ ^ ^ •

Ch'in Tsung. A man of the Sung dynasty, who is said to have given birth to a child, after a gestation of ten months.

Ch'in Tsung. See Chao Hêng.

Ch'in Wang. See Li Shih-min.

Ch'in Yüeh-jen   5th cent. B.C. The keeper of an inn in the Chêng State, who received from one of his customers, an old man named ^ ^ j^ Chiang Sang Ch^n, a certain drug which he had to take for thirty consecutive days, and which then caused him to understand the nature of things. The old man also gave him books on medicine and healing, armed with which he set forth and travelled from State to State as a doctor, performing all kinds of wonderful cures, and earning for himself the name of j^ ^^ Pien Gh4ao. He was said to be able to see into the viscera of his patients, and the knowledge of the pulse is still inseparably associated with his name. He was assassinated at the instigation of ^ ^^ Li Hsi, chief physician at the Court of Ch4n, out of jealousy of his unrivalled skill.

Ching Ch'ai. 4th cent. B.C. A poet contemporary with Ch'il Yiian. A few of his poems are included in the collection known as the Elegies of CK'u. One authority says that he was an