A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chia Kêng Hou
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322 Chia Kêng Hou 戞羮侯. 2nd cent. B.C. When the Emperor Kao Tsu of the Han dynasty was still a private individual, he called one day with some friends at his sister-in-law's house. The latter tapped on the soup-kettle, as a hint to her brother-in-law that it was empty; at which he was so chagrined that when he came to the throne he marked his displeasure by creating his nephew "Marquis Tap-the-Soup," as above.