A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chu Hsü
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447 Chu Hsü 朱序. 4th cent. A.D. Governor of Hsiang-yang in Hupeh when it was besieged by the lieutenants of Fu Chien. His mother, heading a body of some hundred men, together with all the women of the city, proceeded to throw up an earthwork, afterwards known as the 夫人城 Ladies’ Rampart, by means of which the enemy’s assault was effectually repulsed.