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586 ^^, and # Pgji ±. He is also known as ^^^ Hsiang-yang, from his birthplace which is said by some to have been Hsiang-yang in Hnpeh.

MiHSSti-han ^j^J^^. A.D. 1683-1675. A Manchn, who inherited the title of Baron from his father 9^ ^ f^ Ha-shih-ton, a distinguished official of the reign of Shun Chih. The Emperor E^ang Hsi rapidly promoted him to be a Minister of the ConncH and President of the Board of Revenue. In 1678 he urged the abolition of the Feudatories, Wu San-kuei, E6ng Ching-chung, and Shang E^o-hsi, the last named having asked leave to retire. The Imperial assent to this proposal led to rebellion, and he was successful in finding funds to send the flower of the Manchu forces to suppress it. Canonised as ^ jp:9 and admitted in 1786 into the Temple of Worthies.

Mi Tzu-cMa ^ -7* ^. 5th cent. B.C. A Minister of the Wei* State under Duke Ling. In spite of a law that any one using a royal chariot should have his feet cut off, on hearing that his mother was ill he at once ordered a chariot to be got ready and hastened in it to his mother's side; and the Duke, instead of punishing him, highly commended his filial piety. At another time, when walking in the garden with the Duke, he plucked a peach, and finding it sweet to the taste handed the remainder to his sovereign. For this act of familiarity he was put to death.

Min Sun f^ ^ (T. ^^). 6th and 5th cent. B.C. A native of the Lu State, and one of the disciples of Confacius, by whom he was regarded as a ^^perfect man." He is one of the 24 notable examples of filial piety. His mother died when he was a child, and his father married again. The stepmother treated him badly in comparison with her own two sons, and gave him only garments made from rushes. One day, while driving his father in a eaifiigai he was so cold that he let the reins fall from his hands, ffil