A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chu Chia
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437 Chu Chia 朱家. 2nd and 3rd cent. B.C. A famous knight-errant of the Han dynasty, contemporary with Liu Pang. He had over 100 retainers and crowds of servants; yet he was neither haughty nor overbearing, but always ready to sacrifice himself for others. He once saved the life of Chi Pu by receiving him when a fugitive from the wrath of Liu Pang; yet when the latter became a great man, he made no claim upon him for the service he had formerly rendered.