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secretary of Chia Ch'ung and secret lover of his younger daughter. When the Emperor Wu Ti presented some wonderful foreign perfume to Chia Cheung, his daughter stole a portion of it for Han Shou; and the father discovering this, thought it desirable to consent to their union (see Chia Mi). On the accession of the Emperor Hui Ti in 290 he became Governor of Honan.

Han T'an  (T. tC ^ and ^^). A.D. 1686-1704. A native of Ch'ang-chou in Kiangsu, who graduated first on the list of chin shih in 1673 and first at the subsequent Palace examination. The Emperor E'ang Hsi himself read his papers, and commended the examiners* choice. He was at once taken into favour and was employed to revise the ^ jj^ ^ |^, a work on the Canon of Filial Piety. His bent however was towards a quiet country life of study, and he retired from 1679—1684, and again for eight years in 1687 on the plea of ill-health. At his home, with the aid of a few recluse scholars, he edited the Six CUusics and the Twenty^two Histories. He is also credited with having restored the standard of scholarship at the public examinations, which had sunk since the fall of the Mings. In 1695 his friends, anxious to rise with him, procured his recall to Peking as Chancellor of the Han-lin College, and five years later the Emperor insisted on his also filling the post of President of the Board of Rites. These posts he retained until his death, but his outspoken opinions, often opposed to the will of E'ang Hsi, coupled with the calumnies of his foes, prevented his further advancement. His temper became soured, and he latterly drank to excess. Canonised as 3v^l*

Han T'o-chou  (T. fjf^). Died A.D. 1207. A great grandson of Han Gh4. His father married a younger sister of the wife of the Emperor Eao Tsung, and thus he obtained o£Sce. He helped Chao Ju-yd to set the Emperor Ning Tsung on