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260 known as ^ J^ Ho the Devil, a name bestowed upon him by his Imperial master.

Ho Chin  (T. ^^). Died A.D. 100. Brother of a lady chosen for the seraglio of the Emperor Ling Ti of the Han dynasty and in 179 raised to the throne as Empress. He was consequently appointed to important posts, and in 184 was ordered to defend the capital against the Yellow Turban rebels (see Chang Chio)^ for which ser?ice he was ennobled as Marquis. His sister and another lady of the seraglio haying both given birth to sons, an attempt was made to set aside the child of the former and get the other boy named Heir Apparent. The Emperor himself was inclined to this arrangement, as he considered the Empress' son to be wanting in the necessary dignity; but the matter was still unsettled when his Majesty died. Then a still more serious attempt was made to slay Ho Chin and place the favoured youth upon the throne; but Ho Chin received timely warning of his intended assassination, and was able to collect his soldiers and enforce the rights of his sister's son. He followed this up by an attack upon the eunuchs, and succeeded in getting an order for their dismissal from the palace. The eunuch Chang Jang, however, had family influence to back him with the Empress Dowager, and managed to get the whole troop of his colleagues re-instated. This so enraged Ho Chin that he determined to exterminate all of them; but ere he could cany out this design, a band of eunuchs, headed by Chang Jang, decoyed him into an ambush and slew him with their swords.

Ho Ch'ü-ping. Died B.C. 117. Dl^timate son of the elder sister of Wei Ching. At eighteen he was already distinguished as a mounted archer of great skill, and received a eommiflsion as a petty military official; hence he is sometimes mentioned as ^ j^ ifj^. Rising to the rank of President of the