639 Hao Yü (T. ^^jfj^. H. ^j^). A.D. 1623-168S. A native of Ghihli. He graduated as chin shih in 1649, and two years later went to Sstich'aan as an Inspecting Censor. He was besieged in "^ ^L Pao-ning by the successors of Chang Hsien- chung and was thus led to propose the employment of the aborigines to check the rebels, a scheme the Boards laid aside as not within the province of a Censor. On the pacification of Sstlch'uan, Wu San-kuei offered him an official dress, an act which he denounced to the Emperor as meant either for a bribe or for an insult. In revenge Wu San-kuei procured his banishment to Eirin for falsely claiming to have been under fire at Pao-ning. He was not re-instated until in 1675 Wei Hsiang-shu offered to resign and suffer in his stead. He at once gave good advice as to the campaign against Wu San-kuei, and in 1678 went as Governor to Euangsi, having induced the Emperor to send to each high provincial authority a tablet bearing the words ^ ^ m Probity^ Caution f Diligence ^ as an outward token of the Imperial desire. His death was publicly lamented, and his coffin was escorted for many miles by the people. In recognition of his clean-handedness, the Emperor overlooked a deficiency of some Tls. 90,000 in his accounts, and at his son's entreaty restored to him the rank he had thereby forfeited.
640 Ho Chi (T. ^^. R. :|[j Ul)- A.D. 1188-1268. A native of ^ Wu-chou in Chehkiang, who studied under Huang Kan and then pursued his career of learning at home, surrounding himself with a crowd of eager disciples and refusing all offers of official employment. He was the author of many valuable commentaries upon the Confucian books; also of the ^ ^, a series of discussions with Wang Po; and of a collection of miscellaneous writings published under the title of if [j |Ij ^ ^ • He was canonised as
^ ^, and in 1724 his tablet was placed in the Confucian Temple.