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340 had occurred in his jurisdicidon but which had not been risible at the capital. "How much of the sun was eaten" asked her Majesty. Huang Ch^iung was hesitating in what terms to reply, when the little boy whispered, "Grandpa; say there was abont enough of the old sun left to make a new moon." Huang Gh'iung actually used these words, and was ever afterwards rery proud of his grandson. The latter rose to high office, but got into trouble over a "cabal" and was unemployed for some twenty years. He rose again under Tung Cho to be Minister of State, but opposed his plan of removing the capital to Ch'ang-an; and after the attempt to assassinate Tung Cho, he was thrown into prison where he died.

Huang Yüeh (T. :^ ^ and ^ ffl )• ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ cent. A.D. A native of ^ ^ Tang-t^u in Anhui. He was patronised by Chu Euei, and after graduating as chin $kih in 1790, rose to be President of the Board of Revenue. He was so famous as an artist that many counterfeits of his pictures were produced. When over ninety he became blind, but continued to draw, under the pseudonym of ^ ^^ Canonised sls ^^.

Hui Hung. See 'Hung Chüeh-fan.

Hui K'o. A.D. 487-593. The second of the Eastern Patriarchs of Buddhism, originally named ffLjIt ^^ Euang. He was a native of ]^ ^ Wu-lao, and being an unusually clever boy, he read widely, especially delighting in Taoist philosophy, until he came across the Buddhist Canon and forthwith embraced that religion. At forty, after long and patient self-contemplation, he was sent to Lo-yang by a vision, and there received from Bddhidharma the robe and bowl of the Patriarchate. In 585 he ordained S^ng Ts'an, and two years later he sent him to study in seclusion while he himself went to the capital where he preached for thirty-four years, associating with the lowest and most debauched.

0lttBf subsequently taught at the ^ )^ Euang-chiu Temple, and