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KSud*B seTerity in this case was so extreme that he incnrred mneh odinm^ and the Emperor ordered Ch'dn P'ing to have him beheaded. The latter however prudently disobeyed this order; and when shortly afterwards his Majesty died, the Empress Lii Hon restored her niece's husband to all his honours.
540 Fan Li ^ jd^. 5th cent. B.C. A native of the Ttleh State, who became Minister under Eou Chien and planned the scheme (see Hsi Shih) by which his master was enabled to reduce the rival State of Wu. After this success he withdrew from official life, declaring that Eou Ohien was one with whom adversity but not prosperity might be shared; and that having spent the best part of his life in the public service, he wished to devote his remaining energies to private enjoyment. He repaired first 6f all to the 0h4 State , where he adopted the sobriquet of {Q^ ^ -^ ^, and afterwards to |1|^ TW, where he took the name of ^ ^. Here he seems to have amassed a large fortune; and the name |1|^ ^ ^, by which he is sometimes known, is now often used in the sense of ^'millionaire."
541 Fan Ning (T. -^^Y AD. 339-441. A native of H^ ^ ShuD-yang in Honan. In youth a diligent student, he did not take office until over thirty years of age, when he became a Magistrate in Ghehkiang. Six years later he held high office at the capital; but he attacked the powerful Minister ^ j^ j^ Ssti-ma Win, and was sent away to be Governor of Yfl- chang in Eiangsi, shortly after which he retired into private life. As an author he is chiefly known by his ^ ^ ^ ^ "f^ ^ f^^ a work on Eu Liang's commentary to the Spring and Autumn Annals. In 647 his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple; in 1530 it was removed; and in 1724 replaced.
542 Fan Shih-ch'ung . Died A.D. 1720. Son of Fan
Ch'6ng-mo. On the execution of E^ng Ching-chung, he tore
