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268 became pregnant; bnt regarding the child born as a thing of ill- omen, she tried to get rid of it. Hence the name Gh4 = Castaway. The child however was miracalonsly saved, and when he grew up, devoted himself to agriculture, becoming Director of Husbandry under the Emperor Tao.

Hou Ching ^^ (T. ^^). A,D. 502-552, A native of 1^ ^ So-fang in Eansuh, who enlisted in the Wei army and rose to be Governor of Honan. In 547 he submitted with his province to the Liang dynasty, and in 548 was utterly routed by the Eastern Wei. Ere long he rebelled, and after a stubborn defence succeeded in taking the capital. He set up a son of the Emperor, by whose aid he had got across the Tang-tsze, but soon slew him and two successors, and in 551 took the Imperial title as Emperor of Han, hia rule extending westward from Soochow and north from ^ ^ Ning-kuo Fu in Anhui. A year later he was routed in a great battle by Wang S6ng-pien and Gh*£n Pa- hsien, and fled into Ghehkiang where he was slain.

Hou Chu. See (M. Han) Liu Ch'an; (Gh'«n) Ch'en Shu-pao; (N. Gh'i) Kao Wei; (China) Wan-yen Shou-hstl.

Hou Fang-yü (T. ^^h A.D. 1618-1654. A poet who lived in the stormy times which preceded the downfall of the Ming dynasty.

Hou I  A title given to i^^ H the Prince of Gh'iung, a famous archer in the service of the legendary Emperor ^ E'u, B.G. 2436, and continued to a descendant of his who similarly distinguished himself under the Emperor Tao. The latter is said to have shot arrows into the sky to deliver the moon from an eclipse, and in like manner to have dispersed the false suns which suddenly appeared in the heavens and caused much mischief to the crops. He was the husband of Gh*ang 0.

Hou I. An archer under the Emperor -jf^ J^ T'ai K'ang