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Kan Chiang. 3rd cent. B.C. The name of a famous sword-maker, who with his wife once cut oS their hair and nails and threw them into the furnace to make the metal run, turning out as the result two swords which were named after them Kan Chiang and ^ ^ Mo Yeh.

Kan Pao (T.  ). 4th cent, A.D. A writer who flourished under the Emperor Yilan Ti of the Chin dynasty. Principally known as the author of the ^ X!$ §B t ^ collection of supernatural legends.

Kan T'ien Hou. Wife of Yeh-m Ta-shih, whom she succeeded in 1135 as second sovereign of the Western Liao dynasty, reigning over some 85,000 warriors until the accession of her son in 1142. The latter died in 1153, and was canonised as fiZ ^.

Kan Wên-hun  (T.  ). A.D. 1633-1674. A Chinese Bannerman who rose by 1667 to be Governor of Chihli. There he visited every part of his jurisdiction on horseback, unattended, and so brought to light many abuses. A year later he was transferred to the Viceroyalty of Yiinnan and Eueichou, where he suspected the treasonable plans of Wu San-kuei and laboured to counteract them, especially by training the Viceregal troops. In 1671 his mother died, and he was compelled to attend her burial. When he returned in 1673, all his trained troops had been seduced from their allegiance, and nearly every ofBce and city was held by a conspirator. Wu San-kuei fixed Jan. 30, 1674, for his rising; and on the 27th he slew Chu Kuo-chih, Governor of Yiinnan, and sent a force against Kuei-yang Fu. The Provincial Commander-in-chief, after some hesitation, declared for the rebels, as did ^ ^ ^ Ts^ao Shen-chi, Governor of Kueichou. Finding it