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Rh rising later on to be Minister of State under the first Emperor of the Ohin dynasty, by whom he was ennobled as Dnke. He was a noted epicure, and was said to spend 10,000 eaah daily upon his table. At the same time he was an example of filial piety, and ihrougbout his life never took a concubine into bis family. Canonised as jQ.

Ho Yen ^ ^ (T. ^ ^ ). 3rd cent. A.D. A handsome and cIoTer youth, who at the age of seyen attracted the attention of the great Ts'ao Ts'ao, and was taken into his palace to be brought up as one of his own sons. But the boy drew a circle on the ground and ensconced himself within it, saying '*This is my house;'* whereupon Ts'ao Ts'ao ordered him to be sent home. His face was so white that the Emperor Ming Ti thought he used powder. One hot summer's day, while eating some scalding soup, he began to sweat profusely; yet after mopping his face with his red sleeve, its whiteness was as dazzling as ever. His Majesty however regarded him as an effeminate and worthless fellow, and dismissed him from the palace, to which he returned so soon as Ts'ao Shuang came into power. He gained some literary reputation by his knowledge of the Canon of Changes.

Hosila Died A.D. 1329. Eldest son of Eaisun. At the death of Tesun Timur (see Achakpa) he was an exile in the north of Gobi; accordingly his younger brother, Tup Timur, entered Peking and ascended the throne, to hold it until Hosila should arrive. At the end of 1328, envoys were dispatched to escort Hosila who was duly proclaimed seventh Emperor of the Tflan dynasty; and in the following autumn the brothers met, but five days later Hosila died suddenly. Canonised as ^ ^*

Hou Chi j^ 5^. The title under which is known ^ Ch'i, son of ^ ]^ Chiang Yflan, consort of the Emperor ^ K'u, B.C. 2436. His mother happened to step in a giant's footprint, and so