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F'ing Ti. See Liu K'an.

P'ing-yilan Chtln ^ ^ #. Died B.C. 250. The title con- 1653 ferred upon ^ ^ Ghao ShSng, younger brother of the reigning sovereign of the Ghao State. He played a leading part in the struggles which preceded the establishment of the Gh'in dynasty, and was supported by a large and powerful band of retainers. On one occasion, wishing to impress the Prince of the Gh*u State, he sent. a message by a retainer whose sword was heavily embroidered with pearls. But he found to his chagrin that the Prince of Ch'u had 3,000 retainers, all of whom wore shoes embroidered with pearls. On another occasion, a concubine of his jeered at a humpback who lived near by. The humpback went to complain, and asked for the lady's head. He promised to give it, but did not do so. By and by his retainers began to drop off; upon which he sent the concubine's head to the humpback, and the retainers came back to their posts. Known as one of the ^ ^ Four Heroes of the period.

Po Ch*i Q ^. Died B.G. 258. A famous soldier of the Gh'in 1653 State, who was raised by Wei Yang to the position of Gommander- in-chief. In 293 he conducted a campaign against the States of Wei and Han, and inflicted a crushing defeat upon them at the battle of ^ ^ I-ch*tieh, where two hundred and forty thousand of the allies were said to have been killed. In 280 he defeated the armies of Ghao, and was ennobled for his services as Prince. In 260 he again defeated the Ghao troops, and is said to have put to death no less than four hundred thousand men, after receiving