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College. In 1465, when a rebellion broke out in Enangtnng and Knangsi, he submitted his viewB to the Grand Secretary Li Hsien, who brought him to the notice of the Emperor; and in 1488 he rose to be President of the Board of Rites. He was one of the continuators of the ^ ^ iJH S (^^® ^^ ^^)> ^^^ author of numerous historical and biographical works. He also compiled the well-known i^lj ^ "fr ^ ^ ^ ' ^ handbook of historical and mythological allusions, for beginners, Tariously known as the J^ w # and the "j^ ^ ^ jg . Canonised as ^ ^.
408 Ch'iu Hsiang or Ch'iu Lan {T. ). 1st and 2nd cent. A.D. A beadle, who lived under the Eastern Han dynasty, and distinguished himself by reforming, without punishment, an unfilial son named ^ y^ Ch^&n Y^an. For this he was ultimately promoted to be a magistrate, on the ground that *'the phoenix does not roost on a bramble, nor does an area of one hundred It give sufiGicient scope for a worthy official."
409 Ch'iu Shên-chi A military commander who was put to death for conspiracy under the reign of the Empress Wu Hon, at the close of the 7th cent. A.D. See Lai Chun-ch^Sn.
410 Ch'iu Yüeh-hsiu 裘曰修 (T. 叔度 and 漫士). A.D. 1712—1773. A native of 新建 Hsin-chien in Kiangsi, who graduated as chin shih in 1739, and rose to high office. In 1756 his suggestions as to the Ili campaign attracted the Emperor's notice; and after a year at Barkul, he was sent on many important judicial enquiries all over China. But it was as an adviser on river conservation that he won his chief fame. He advocated the clearing out of waterways so as to let off floods; and at his proposal the practice of filching the banks and beds of rivers for agricultural purposes was prohibited — unfortunately only for a time. He owed much to his mother, a stern lady who, when announcing the death of his favourite son, warned him that as
