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318 he settled down to read, and ultimately graduated as chin shih. He was canonised as ^ ^ « ^^^ ^^ 1-^37 his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple.

Hu Chi-t'ang  (T.   H.  ), A.D. 1728- 1800. Son of Hu Hsil, and a distinguished official during the reign of the Emperor Ch'ien Lung who consulted him as to precedents. He was very deeply read in history and biography. Canonised

Hu Chü-jen  (T.   H. ). Died A.D. 1485. A native of ^ ^ Mei-ch4 in Fuhkien, who flourished as a scholar and teacher under the Ming dynasty. He was the author of the Jg ^ 1^9 and of miscellaneous essays and poems. In 1584 he was canonised as ^ Ij3^ « and his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple.

Hu-êrh-han. A.D. 1573—1620. One of the PIto Ministers of T'ai Tsu, the founder of the present dynasty, the other four being 0-yi-tu, Pei-ying-tung, '^ 5^0 IHI ^ Ho-ho-li-an, and Fei-yang-ku. He was distinguished both by valour and strategy in the wars which prepared the way for the conquest of China.

Hu Hai. Died B.C. 207. The youngest son of the First Emperor. When the latter died, Li SsH and Chao Kao the eunuch conspired to slay Fa Su, the rightful heir, and placed Hu Hai upon the throne as the Second Emperor of the ten thousand who the First Emperor had flattered himself would hand his name down to after ages. The seer Lu Sh§ng had prophesied that the Ch'in dynasty would be destroyed by Hu; but the First Emperor understood by "Hu" the Turkic tribes of the north, and sent against them Meng T*ien with a large army and built the Great Wall, not knowing that the fatal Hu was all the time at his side. Hu Hai was put to death by Chao Eao within two years, and the Ch4n dynasty came to an end.