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304 the calendar. He was canouised as ^ i^i and in 1313 his tablet was placed in the Confiician Temple.

Hsü Hsüan  (T. ^^). A.D. 916-991. A native ot Eaang-ling in Eiangan, and one of the learned men appointed by the Emperor T'ai Tsnng of the Snng dynasty to bring oat a corrected edition of the Skuo WSn, which he entitled ^ "KC |t. and which was a continuation of the vork of his yonnger brother, HsQ Gh'ieh. His official career, daring which he was President of the Board of Civil Office, was a cheqnered one. Od one occasion he was d^aded for revealing official secrete; on anoUier, he was banished for nnanthorisedly patting a man to deaUi; and Boally, aboot 976, when a Supervising Censor, he was accosod of nt^lecting his mother and of adultery, and was banished to ^ Pin-chon in Shensi where he died of cold. His works comprise ^^ ^ ^$6S and ^ 1^ ^ . besides a collection of letters. He was an opponeafe of Baddhism, bat an avowed spiritualist. Popularly known u ^ ^ the Elder Hsvl, to distinguish him from his brother, and «li» as 1^ -^ ^, from the name of an offidal port whidi lie fllkd^ See San Hai-Uai.

Hsü Hsün (T- ^^)- A.D. 240-374. A native of Nan-ch'ang io Eiangsi. Just before bis birth, his mother dreamb thai a golden phceuix dropped a pearl from its beak into her hand. As he grew up ha dovoted himself chiefly to necromancy and the black art. In 280 he was appointed to a magisterial post, and distinguishes! himself by bis beuevoletioe; but he soon rwigueil, and having perfected himself as a magician, waod«rod about doio){ good to the people, slaying dragons and ridding similar pests, and on one occasion causing rook. In another case by an eight cableshe made it their troublesome