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PO CHU-I

LIFE OF PO CHU-I

772	Born on 20th of 1st month.
800	Passes his examinations.
806	Receives a minor post at Chou-chih, near the capital.
807	Made Scholar of the Han Lin Academy.
811	Retires to Wei River, being in mourning for his mother.
814	Returns to Court.
815	Banished to Hsün-yang.
818	Removed to Chung-chou.
820	Reprieved and returns to Court.
822	Governor of Hangchow.
825	Governor of Soochow.
826	Retires owing to illness.
827	Returns to Ch'ang-an.
829	Settles permanently at Lo-yang.
831	Governor of Ho-nan, the province of which Lo-yang was capital.
833	Retires owing to illness.
839	Has paralytic stroke in tenth month.
846	Dies in the eighth month.