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8 when he was attacking the Turkic forces which then threatened the frontier, his army was almost overwhelmed by a dense shower of arrows from the enemy's bows. But Ch'ai Shao sent forward some girls to play and dance to the Tartar guitar, which so fascinated the Tartar soldiers that they desisted from the fight to watch. Meanwhile Ch'ai Shao, by a rapid strategic movement, succeeded in surrounding them, and the whole force was cut to pieces. He aided the second Emperor,, to consolidate the empire, and in 628 was Governor of Hua-chou in Shensi. Canonised as 襄.  Chan Huo 展獲 (T. 禽, changed at 50 years of age to 季). 6th and 7th cent B.C. Governor of the District of 柳下 Liu-hsia in the Lu State. He was a man of eminent virtue, and is said on one occasion to have held a lady in his lap without the slightest imputation on his moral character. When he died, his wife insisted on pronouncing a funeral oration over his body, urging that none knew his great merits so well as she. He was canonised as 惠 Hui, and is now commonly known as Liu-hsia Hui.  Chang An-shih 張安世 (T. 子孺). Died B.C. 68. A precocious student who attracted attention in the following manner. During an Imperial progress, to which he was attached in a subordinate capacity, three boxes of books were missing. He was able however to repeat the contents of each so accurately that on recovery of the books they were found to tally exactly with his description. The Emperor immediately appointed him to high office, and he subsequently rose under the Emperor  to be President of the Board of War, in succession to. Canonised as 敬侯.  Chang Chan 張瞻. A trader, who shortly before returning home from a long journey, dreamt that he was cooking in a mortar. On consulting a soothsayer, named 王生 Wang Shêng, the latter told him that it was because he had no 釜 fu saucepan, 