A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên Chên

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1758882A Chinese Biographical Dictionary — Ch'ên ChênHerbert A. Giles

210 Ch'ên Chên 陳軫. 4th cent. B.C. Famous for the advice he gave 昭陽 Chao Yang not to attack the Ch'i State, the latter having sufficiently carried out instructions by the conquest of Wei. "It would be," said Chên, "as though you were to add feet to a snake."