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Ho-lu Wang 王. 5th and 6th cent. B.C. The title under which Prince 光 Kuang of the Wu State is known in history. He reigned B.C. 514—496, and is noted for having removed his capital from 梅里 Mei-li to the modern Soochow, where he bailt the famous ## 蘇 ## Ku-su tower, after which the city is now often called. His tomb is known as 虎丘 Tiger-Moand, from a white tiger which took np its abode there three months after his interment. He was noted for his simplicity of life, and when on a campaign insisted on sharing all luxuries of food with his soldiers.

Ho Po 河伯. A deity with a human face (some say with a fish's body), depicted as riding on two dragons called ^ ^ Shui I and )j^ ^ F6ng I. Also variously known as }f^ ^ (or 修), 呂弗, 無弗, and Originally worshipped as the Ood of the Yellow River, it was customary to ofiFer the annual sacrifice of a maiden, who was richly attired and then thrown into the stream. The practice was stopped by Hsi-m6n Pao, Governor of Yeh in Honan, in B.C. 424.

Ho Shang Chang Jen 河上丈人 5th cent. B.C. The name given to an old hermit who lived on the banks of the Yellow River. He is said by some to have received the Tao TS Ching from Lao Tzti, but his personality has evidently been confused with that of Ho Shang Eung.

Ho Shang Kung 河上公. 2nd cent. B.C. The name given to a scholar who fiourished under the Emperor W6n Ti of the Han dynasty, and who is said to have produced the first edition of the Tao Te Ching.

Ho-shên ####. Died A.D. 1799. A Manchu of obscure birth, whose good looks led the Emperor Ch^en Lung to raise him from his post of guard at the palace gates. Being found to possess unusual talents he was quickly promoted, and by the end of the