A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chao Fu
152 Chao Fu 趙復 (T. 仁甫. H. 江漢). Born about A.D. 1200. A native of Tê-an in Hupeh. Graduated as chin shih in 1234; and having no desire to take office, he opened a school in his native District. In 1235 he was taken prisoner by the Mongol invaders, and sent to the Court of the Khan. His captor, named 姚樞 Yao Shu, treated him kindly, and took charge of all his manuscripts; and when he reached Peking, the Khan made him offers of employment. These he steadily refused, and at length he was set at liberty. He became the head of a college; but finally he took to a wandering life, and disappeared from the scene, the date and place of his death being unknown. He was the author of many commentaries on the Classics and philosophical treatises, and also of some poetry. In 1724 his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple.