Page:A Chinese Biographical Dictionary.djvu/280

Rh Board of War, in B.C. 123 he gained brilliant yictories over the Hsinng-nUy and was ennobled as Marquis. In B.C. 121 he led an army to a distance of a thousand li beyond "^ Ean-chou in modern Eansuh, and brought back the golden image worshipped by the Hsiung-nu chieftain ^ ^ Ebiu-ch'u and said to haye l>een an image of Buddha. On one occasion when his troops were imfFering severely from want of water, he struck the earth with Ids whip, whereupon a spring at once gushed forth. He was a ^oung man of few words and g^eat daring. In military matters he preferred to trust to his own judgment, and positively refused to study Sun Wu's Art of War. Canonised as

Ho Ch'uo  (T. Uj If. H. ^ P^ and ^ fllj). A.D. 1660—1722. A native of Eiangsu, and a well-known critical writer. Among other works, he edited the History of the Han Dynasty and the History of the Three Kingdoms. Books annotated by him fetched such high prices that many forgeries were put on the market. His ^^ fE* coiisisting of notes on literature, was posthumou9ly published by a disciple.

Ho Hsien Ku. 7th cent. A.D. Daughter of a shopkeeper at ^ [^ Ling-ling in Hunan. The Pure Male Principle gave her one of the peaches of immortality, of which she ate one half, and firom that time forth required no more food. Summoned to the Court of the Empress Wu Hon, she disappeared on the way thither and was never seen again. She is now ranked among the Eight Immortals.

Ho Hsün  (T. ^:^). Died A.D. 320. A native of Shan-yin in Chehkiang. His father had been flogged to death by Sun Hao, fourth Emperor of the Wu dynasty, and the family removed to a distant frontier-town. Ho Hsiiu led a wandering life until things had quieted down, when he returned and took his haiu ts^ai degree. He declined to serye under Prince ^ Lun of Ghao, and