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Hsiang Chung-Shan. 1st and 2nd cent. B.C. A natiye of An-ling in Ghihli, famous for scrupulous honesty in all his dealiugs. Even when he watered his horses in the river, he always threw in three cash to pay for what they had drunk.

Hsiang Hsiu  (T. -^ ^ ). 3rd cent. A.D. One of the "tt ^ ^42 W ^^^^ Sages of the Bamboo Qrove, the other six being Chi E'ang, Liu Ling, Shan T'ao, Ytlan Hsien, Ttlan Chi, and Wang Jung. He was versatile and sympathetic, and readily adapted himself to the humours of his friends. Thus, he could practise alchemy with Chi E'ang at Lo-yang, and join 呂安 Lü An in watering his garden at Shan-yang. He wrote a strikingly original commentary on Chuang Tzti; but death interrupted his work, and he left the chapters on ** Autumn Floods** and 'Terfect Happiness*' untouched. His son was a mere child, and the family was broken up. Euo Hsiang got hold of the unfinished commentary; and after adding the necessary notes to "Autumn Floods," and making a few changes in ^'Horses* Hoofis," he published the whole as his own.

Hsiang Liang. Died B.C. 208. A native of the Ch'u State, and uncle of Hsiang Chi, who in B.C. 209 rose in insurrection against the Ch4n dynasty, and in conjunction with Liu Pang succeeded in making Ch^u once more an independent kingdom, himself taking the title of Prince. In the following year however he was surprised in his camp and slain by Chang Han, the leader of the forces of Ch4n.

Hsiang Ssŭ (T. -^ ^). 8th and 9th cent. A.D. A scholar and official of the T'ang dynasty, known for the purity of his administration, and also for the praises lavished on him by his friend ^ j5J|[ ^ Yang Ching-chih who was a great admirer of