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322 Greedy and anscrupuloas, he soon aimed at the throne, leaguing himself with discontented officials in the provinces, offering vassalage as the price of Mongol aid, inviting the co-operation of the Japanese, and enlisting desperadoes in the capital. The plot was almost ripe for execution when his son was run over by a carter, whom Hn slew on the spot. The Emperor who had gpradually become aware of some of his misdeeds, declined to let him redeem his act by payment of a fine. He was thus driven to immediate action; bnt an accomplice having revealed the conspiracy, he was seized and put to death together with the informer and his prot^e ^ ^ Ch'6n Ying, President of the Censorate.

Hu Yen. 7th cent. B.C. A faithful adherent of Ch'ung Erh. He accompanied the latter in his exile and afterwards shared the prosperity of his restoration.

Hu Yin  (T. I9 #. H. |i^ ^). Died A.D. 1151. Nephew of Hu An-kno. He graduated as chin ahih in 1119, and after studying under Yang Shih, entered the pubUc service. He rose to high office, and was for many years the confidential adviser of the Emperor Eao Tsung of the Southern Sung dynasty.

Hu Yüan  (T. H.  ). A.D. 993-1059. A native of jf^ |^ Hai-ling in Eiangsu. Though an ardent student from his youth upwards he fiuled on several occasions to take his d^pree, and it was not until he was over forty years of age that his great learning was brought to the notice of the Emperor. After serving for a short time with Fan Chung-yen on the eastern frontier, and as Education Officer in Chehkiang,. in 1045 he was appointed to the Imperial Academy. He proved a most successful teacher, and gathered around him more disciples than the hall would hold. He was a skilled musician, and also thoroughly understood the art of casting bells. In 1530 his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple.