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Rh lieh-chuan. These parts were printed in 1632. Chu also left a collection of miscellaneous notes, entitled 湧幢小品 Yung-ch'uang hsiao-p'in, 32 chüan, printed in 1622. The Library of Congress has the original edition of parts 2, 3, and 4 of the Huang-Ming shih-kai and a complete edition of the Yung-ch'ung hsiao-p'in.

After the downfall of Chu Kuo-chên's family in the early Ch'ing period, his unpublished manuscripts were bought by who printed them under his own name. This event brought about, in 1662-63, the most unjust literary inquisition of the Ch'ing period (see under ). Descendants of Chu Kuo-chên were, however, not involved in this case.

[M.1/240/21b, 110/19b; Nan-hsün chih (1922) 12/15b, 40/3a; Ssŭ-k'u (see under ) 48/5a, 128/3a; 國學圖書館館刊 Kuo-hsüeh t'u-shu-kuan kuan-k'an vol. II, 松軒書錄 Sung-hsüan shu-lu, p. 10; ibid, vol. IV, 館藏清代禁書述略 Kuan-ts'ang Ch'ing-tai chin-shu shu-lüeh, p. 38;, Shih-chia chai yang-hsin lu, 14/15b.]

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 CHU Li 朱理, July 13, 1761–1819, Apr. 22, official, was a native of Ching-hsien, Anhwei. He was a son of Chu An-hang 朱安沆, but was adopted by his uncle, Chu An-huai 朱安淮. Together with his cousin,, he studied under a townsman, Hu Hsien-shêng 胡先聲 , and with the latter took his chü-jên degree in 1783. Made a chin-shih with high honors in 1787, Chu Li was appointed a bachelor, and later (1790) a compiler, in the Hanlin Academy. In 1791 he was detailed as proofreader in the Ssŭ-k'u Commission (see under ). He served as examiner of the Shun-t'ien provincial examination (1792, 1810), of the Metropolitan examination (1795), and of the Shun-t'ien military examination (1816). In 1796 he was made a prefect of Ch'ü-chou, Chekiang—a post he held until he was made intendant of the Hsinghua-Ch'üan-chou-Yung-ch'un Circuit in 1802. Four years later he became provincial judge of Chekiang. In 1808 he was appointed lieutenant-governor of Shantung, and after several promotions was made governor of Kiangsu in 1812. Two years later he was recalled to Peking and made sub-chancellor of the Grand Secretariat. After filling several other appointments, he became governor of Kweichow (1816), a post he held until his death.

[3/194/24a; 33/80/2b; Chi'ng-hsien chih (1806) 14/36a, 續志 2/13a; Chu Chien, Hsiao-wan-chüan-chai wên kao, 24/15a.]

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CHU Shih 朱軾 Sept. 19, 1665–1736, Oct. 22, official and Confucian scholar, was a native of Kao-an, Kiangsi. He became a hsiu-ts'ai in 1687; a chü-jên in 1693, and a chin-shih in 1694. As a scholar in the Hanlin Academy he studied the Manchu language. Not permitted to remain in the Academy, be was, after three years (1700) made district magistrate of Ch'ien-chiang, Hupeh. He returned to the capital in 1706 and was made a second-class secretary to the Board of Punishments. In 1707 he became a department director on the same Board. In 1709 he was appointed commissioner of education for Shensi where he emphasized the teachings of the Sung philosopher, Chang Tsai 張載. His pupils were reared under the idea that knowledge of the rites would transform and perfect the natural disposition. Having again returned to the capital in 1714, he was elevated the following year to the position of governor of Fêng-t'ien-fu (Liao-ning province). In 1716 he was made a commissioner in the Office of Transmission. In 1717 he was appointed governor of Chekiang. While holding this office he was concerned with the strengthening of the sea walls at the mouth of the Ch'ien-t'ang River. Chu remained governor of Chekiang until late in 1720 when he was appointed to the presidency of the Censorate. In 1721 his father died. But such was Chu's serviceableness in an official capacity that Emperor Shêng-tsu ordered him to remain in office during the period of mourning. Chu begged that he at least be allowed to serve in some rigorous way, and asked to be permitted to follow the army into Mongolia. The emperor, instead, sent him in 1721 to Shansi to administer relief in a time of drought and famine. During this assignment, although suffering from a severe attack of dysentery, he memorialized the throne several times, outlining methods for the administration of relief and condemning certain corrupt practices of the officials in the stricken areas. He recommended that medical centers be established to prevent the danger of the spread of contagious diseases. After the death of 188