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Rh he would still make his influence felt at the capital. In 35 he was sent into Shansi to deal with the rebellion of Lu Fang. He was met on the way by a number of youths from ^ Ping-chou, where he had formerly been magistrate, riding on bamboo horses, in token of respect and gratitude for his wise administration. In 46 the Emperor bestowed upon him a mansion and a large sum of money to enable him to keep up his dignity, all of which however he gave away to his relatives, leaying nothing behind him at his death.

KUO Chin ||$ ^. A.D. 920-977. A natire of ^g ^ Po-yeh in Chihli, who in his youth was seryant to a rich man of Ghfl-lu. He became the leader of a band of rowdies, and spent his time in drinking and gambling until warned by his master's wife that he was in danger of his life. Fleeing to ^ |||r Ghin-yang he obtained employment as a Magistrate under the founder of the Later Han dynasty, and under the last of the Five Dynasties he gained a great name as a provincial Governor. The first Emperor of the Sung dynasty built him a house tiled like a prince's, sajring that for a dozen years Euo had relieved him of aU anxiety as to the north. In 976 he became Governor of ^ Yfln-chou. On the occasion of the expedition of the Emperor T^ai Tsung to T^ai-y^n in Shansi, he defeated the Eitan Tartars; but being falsely accused, he committed suicide.

Kuo Chll llJg (T. j!C^)' 2Dd cent. A.D. A native of Honan, famous as one of the 24 examples of filial piety. He was Yery poor, and the family, consisting of his wife, his mother, and his little son, had not even enough to eat. Accordingly he said to the former, ^^The boy eats so much food that there is not enough for our mother. We may have other sons, but we can never have another mother.*' So he agreed with his wife to bury the child, and for that purpose began digging a hole. They had not got far down before they came upon an ingot of gold, inscribed with these words