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Rh in 1689 Emperor Shêng-tsu realized what acclaim Chin Fu's achievement had among the people. Hence upon his return to the capital (April 8, 1689) he ordered the restoration of Chin's official rank. In the ensuing three years he several times directed him to supervise conservancy projects and on March 18, 1692 reappointed Chin director-general of Yellow River Conservancy. Taking office April 30 he began to supervise the transport of grain along the Yellow River to famine-stricken areas in Shensi. On September 6 he fell ill at Ying-tsê, Honan, and died three months later. Early in 1693 he was given the posthumous name, Wên-hsiang 文襄, and later his name was entered in the Temple of Eminent Officials at Shan-yang (present Huai-an), Kiangsu. In 1707 he was given the additional posthumous rank of Grand Preceptor; and the minor hereditary rank of Ch'i-tu-yü was granted to his son, Chin Chih-yü 靳治豫, who in 1725 was appointed by Emperor Shih-tsung as assistant in the work of river control. On June 23, 1727, Chin Fu was posthumously given the rank of a president of the Board of Works. Two years later (March 6, 1729) Emperor Shih-tsung ordered, then governor of Kiangsu, to erect a temple at Ch'ing-chiang-p'u in honor of Chin Fu and Ch'i-su-lo (see under ). When the Temple of Eminent Statesmen was completed (1730) in Peking, Chin Fu's name was among those there honored.

Two works by Chin Fu were copied into the Ssŭ-k'u Manuscript Library (see under ): 靳文襄奏議 Chin Wên-hsiang tsou-i, 8 chüan, a collection of memorials to the throne compiled by his son, Chin Chih-Yü; and 治河奏績書 Chih-ho tsou-chi shu, 4 chüan, a work on river control. An alleged dialogue between Chin Fu and Ch'ên Huang on problems of river control was prepared by a contemporary, Chang Ai-shêng 張靄生 (留埜), under the title 河防述言 Ho-fang shu-yen, 1 chüan. It, too, was copied into the Manuscript Library and was later reprinted in the 青照堂叢書 Ch'ing-chao t'ang ts'ung-shu (1835). The most significant work by Chin Fu himself on river conservancy is the 治河方略 Chih-ho fang-lüeh, 8 + 2 chüan, submitted to the throne in 1689 under its original title, Chih-ho shu (書), this title being altered by imperial edict in 1727. The Chih-ho fang-lüeh, however, was not printed until 1767 when it was re-edited by Ts'ui Ying-chieh 崔應階 and published together with the above-mentioned Ho fang shu-yen and a work by Ch'ên Huang, entitled Ho-fang tsê-yao (摘要), 1 chüan. In 1799 the Chih-ho fang-lüeh was reprinted with serious omissions by Chin Fu's great-grandson, Chin Kuang-tou 靳光斗.

[1/285/4a; 2/8/31b; 3/155/1a; 4/75/1a, 76/11b; 7/5/18b; 9/7/19a; 11/26/1a; 18/5/1a; Hou Jên-chih 侯仁之, 靳輔治河始末 Chin Fu chih-ho shih-mo in 史學年報 Shih-hsüeh nien-pao, vol. II, no. 3; Tung-hua lu, K'ang-hsi, passim.]

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CHIN Ho 金和, July 17, 1819–1885, poet, came from a family that for two hundred years had resided in Shang-yüan (Nanking). He was born in Ch'üan-chiao, Anhwei, in the home of his maternal relatives. His mother, née Wu 吳, was a distant relative of. When he was nine sui he was taken to Nanking where he remained until 1853. In this period he led a comfortable life, writing verse and competing in the examinations. Some of his poems describe the British invasion in 1842. After the Taiping forces took Nanking in March 1853 (see under ) Chin Ho lived in that city for several months at a time when the Government forces were camped outside the city, occasionally attacking the rebels. Chin and his friends framed a plot against the rebels, agreeing to act on a certain day inside the city while the Government forces attacked from the outside. Chin managed to get out of the city to inform the commander of the Government forces,, of the plot and to settle on the day and hour of the attack. But Hsiang lacked confidence in the plan and did not order the attack on the time agreed. Disheartened by the faithlessness of the Government leaders, Chin wrote a number of sarcastic poems in criticism of them. Before long he left the camp to live with his relatives at Ch'uan-chiao. His wife and a niece also escaped from the city and joined him. He warned his friends within the city of the futility of the plot, but they again communicated with the Government troops. Early in 1854 their plot was discovered by the rebels and they were executed.

From 1854 to 1856 Chin Ho taught in family schools in T'ai-chou, Ch'ing-ho (both in northern Kiangsu), and at Sungkiang, near Shanghai. Late in 1856 he was engaged as a clerk in the newly established office for collecting the taxes called likin 釐金. In this capacity he worked 163