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206 with all his suite. He was known as ^ ^, in reference to his extreme youth.

Chün Wang. See Chu Yu-chen.

Chung Hui # ^. One of the chief Ministers of Ch'eng T'ang. He was descended from Hsi Chung, who was Master of the Equipage under the Hsia dynasty.

Chung Hui ^ ^ (T. ± ^). Died A.D. 263. Youngest son of Chung Yn. He distinguished himself in the campaign against Liu Ch^an and rose to the highest offices of State, being ennobled together with his two sons. In the troublous times which marked the close of the Wei dynasty, his loyalty gave way. He planned rebellion, but was killed in a mutiny of his troops. After his death a work by him, entitled ^ pjnf but really a treatise on criminal law, was found in his house. Many stories are told of his early life. On one occasion, when his father was dozing, he and his brother Chung ^^ Yil thought they would help themselves to a rare kind of wine which was on the table. The elder made the usual obeisance and then drank up his glass, whereas Chung Hui made no obeisance at all. Their father, who had been quietly watching the scene, asked Chung Yfl why he made obeisance. "0h," he replied, "it was the proper ceremony when drinking.'* "And why did you make no obeisance?" said the father to Chung Hui. "Because," replied he, "there is no ceremony in stealing.*' Again, Hs^n Hs^ had a valuable sword, which his mother kept for him. By forging Hs^n Hsil's handwriting, Chung Hui got the mother to deliver up the sword. Hs^n Hsil^ guessing who had played him this trick, avenged himself in the following manner. Being an artist, he went to a house which Chung Hui and his brother were building, and painted on one of the inner walls a huge picture of their dead father in full Court costume. The brothers on entering their new house were so shocked by this sight that