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Rh Ta-k'ai back from Hupeh into Euangsi. He died in 1860, while pursuing Shih Ta-k'ai in Ssticfa'aan, and was canonised as ^ ^.

Hsiao Ching Ti. See Yüan Shan-chien.

Hsiao Chuang Ti See Yüan Tzŭ-yu.

Hsiao Fang-chih son of Hsiao I, and successor to Hsiao Ydan^^ming as sixth and last sovereign of the Liang dynasty. He ruled merely in name ander Ch'fin Pa^hsien from 555 to 557, when he waa. forced to abdicate in favour of Ch'Sn. Known in history as {^ ^.

Hsiao Ho. Died B.C. 193. A native of Fei in modern EiangsUi and originally a clerk, who from the very first attached himself to the fortunes of Liu Pang and was his intimate friend and adviser for many years. In the great struggle between his chief and Hsiang Chi, it was entirely due to his energy that the army of the former was well supplied with provisions, for which important service he was ennobled as Marquis. Upon the occupation of Hsien-yang, he was overwhelmed with o£Perings of money, silks, and other valuables; but he would accept nothing save the official records of the population, maps of the country, and the code of laws which had been in force under the Gh4ns. Enthusiastic scholars have branded him as a "criminal for all time" for not having caused the production of such of the Classics as might then have been lying concealed in Hsien-yang, hidden to preserve them from the taAs of those which perished in the Burning of the Books (see Li Ssu). But Hsiao Ho had practical aims. His maps gave him a knowledge of the passes and other strongholds, which later on proved invaluable to Liu Pang's cause, and he was enabled to draw up a new Penal Code for the rising dynasty of Han. He advised the removal of the capital to Ch'ang-an, as a means of breaking the more readily with the traditions of the dynasty that was passing away. Upon the outbreak of ^ ^ Ch'Sn Hsi's rebellion, the