unobtainable, and even gathering fuel for a fire to dry his clothes when drenched after a day's march in the rain. For his services in various campaigns he was loaded with honours; yet such was his modesty that when the other generals were discussing their deeds of arms around the camp fire, he would withdraw to solitude under some tall tree. Hence he gained the sobriquet of the 大樹將君 Big-tree Commander. In A.D. 25 Liu Hsiu mounted the throne as Emperor, and in the following year Fêng I was ennobled as Marquis. He was subsequently employed in various military enterprises. Among other achievements, he succeeded in putting down the rebellion of the Red Eyebrows (see Fan Ch'ung). Being summoned to Court, the Emperor introduced him to the other nobles and high officers as "the man who was once my book-keeper and carried firewood on his back for me." He died in camp, and was canonised as 節.
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Fêng I 馮夷. A son of the mythical Hsien Yüan. After death, he became the 水神 God of Water.
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Fêng Kuo-hsiang 馮國相. Died A.D. 1718. A Chinese Bannerman, who aided in repressing the rebellion of Wu San-kuei and commanded the artillery in the expedition against Galdan. He was included in the Temple of Worthies, and canonised as 桓僖.
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Fêng Min-ch'ang 馮敏昌 (T. 魚山). A.D. 1747—1806. A poet and calligraphist.
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Fêng Pao 馮保. Died A.D.? 1582. A native of Shên-chou in Chihli, and the eunuch ally of Chang Chü-chêng whom he helped to supplant Kao Kung. On the death of the Emperor Mu Tsung in A.D. 1572, Fêng forged a Decree associating himself with the Regents. He established his power over the Emperor Shên Tsung by reporting his boyish freaks to the stern old Dowager, who never failed to rate her sovereign. By the end of 1580 Fêng had
