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576 death for remonstrating against the banishment of the Queen Dowager for her intrigue with Lü Pu-wei, he boldly stood forward, and faced the angry Emperor. The latter threatened to boil him alive, but finally yielded to his instances.

1499 Mao Hêng 毛亨. 3rd and 2nd cent. B.C. Author of the 詩訓詁, a lost commentary upon the Odes, the original tablets of which he is said to have received from 荀卿 Hsün Ch'ing, to whom they had been handed down through a line of scholars from Pu Shang. He is often spoken of as 大毛 the Elder Mao, to distinguish him from Mao Ch'ang. In 1863 his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple.

1500 Mao Hsien-shu 毛先舒 (T. 稚黃 and 馳黃). 17th cent. A.D. A native of Chehkiang, who wrote the 塡詞圖譜, a critical treatise on the art of rhyming, and other works.

1501 Mao I 毛義. 1st cent. A.D. A filial son under the Eastern Han dynasty, who showed great joy when he received an appointment as Magistrate, and thus disgusted a patron who had hoped to find in him a philosophic spirit superior to mere worldly successes. At his mother's death however he retired from public life, proving that his joy in taking office was solely due to the pleasure it gave to her.

1502 Mao Jung 茅容 (T. 季偉). A man of the E. Han dynasty, who was over 40 years of age when he was one day working in the fields as a labourer. It came on to rain, and he and his fellow-labourers took shelter under a tree. The latter all squatted down on their haunches, with the exception of Mao who in accordance with the feeling of Confucius regarded that as a disrespectful attitude. Just then a traveller passed by, and was so struck by this circumstance that he asked Mao to put him up for the night. Mao consented, and proceeded to kill a chicken, which the traveller thought was for himself. The former however served it up to his