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proceeded to Aberdeen, and became a medical student at Marischal College. In 1879, after gaining many prizes and certificates, he graduated as Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery (C.M.), and obtained his diploma as Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1880 he joined the Inns of Court, and in 1881 gained the Senior Equity scholarship of one hundred guineas, as also a similar scholarship for the Law of Real and Personal Estate, the latter of which he was precluded from accepting by the regulations of his Inn. In 1882 he was called to the Bar, and at the same time was married to an English lady, with whom he returned to Hongkong in February of that year. On arrival in the Colony he was made a Justice of the Peace, and since then has practised in Hongkong as a barrister. He is a member of the Legislative Council, the Sanitary, Medical, and other Boards.

652Ho Kuan Tsŭ 鶡冠子. A recluse of the Ch'u State, classed among the Taoist philosophers. He is said to have made his cap of pheasants' feathers, and his name is still used to designate actors who wear such caps upon the stage.

653Ho Kuang 霍光 (T. 子孟). Died B.C. 68. The illegitimate brother of Ho Ch'ü-ping, who took him to Ch'ang-an when about ten years of age. He grew to be over seven feet in height, with a fine beard and clear piercing eyes. He rose to high office under the Emperor Wu Ti, whom he served faithfully and energetically for over twenty years. In B.C. 91, when the Emperor, disgusted with the behaviour of his three sons by the Empress, wished to make Fu Ling Heir Apparent, he felt that Ho Kuang was the one man upon whom he could rely. In token thereof he caused the Court artist to paint a picture of Chou Kung bearing in his arms the little Prince Ch'êng, second sovereign of the Chou dynasty, and publicly presented it to Ho Kuang. For his share in suppressing the conspiracy of Mang Ho-lo (see Chin Mi'ti) he was