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Ho-lu Wang 王. 5th and 6th cent. B.C. The title
under which Prince 光 Kuang of the Wu State is known in
history. He reigned B.C. 514—496, and is noted for having
removed his capital from 梅里 Mei-li to the modern Soochow,
where he bailt the famous ## 蘇 ## Ku-su tower, after which
the city is now often called. His tomb is known as 虎丘
Tiger-Moand, from a white tiger which took np its abode there
three months after his interment. He was noted for his simplicity
of life, and when on a campaign insisted on sharing all luxuries
of food with his soldiers.
655 Ho Po 河伯. A deity with a human face (some say with a fish's body), depicted as riding on two dragons called ^ ^ Shui I and )j^ ^ F6ng I. Also variously known as }f^ ^ (or 修), 呂弗, 無弗, and Originally worshipped as the Ood of the Yellow River, it was customary to ofiFer the annual sacrifice of a maiden, who was richly attired and then thrown into the stream. The practice was stopped by Hsi-m6n Pao, Governor of Yeh in Honan, in B.C. 424.
656 Ho Shang Chang Jen 河上丈人 5th cent. B.C. The name given to an old hermit who lived on the banks of the Yellow River. He is said by some to have received the Tao TS Ching from Lao Tzti, but his personality has evidently been confused with that of Ho Shang Eung.
657 Ho Shang Kung 河上公. 2nd cent. B.C. The name given to a scholar who fiourished under the Emperor W6n Ti of the Han dynasty, and who is said to have produced the first edition of the Tao Te Ching.
658 Ho-shên ####. Died A.D. 1799. A Manchu of obscure birth, whose good looks led the Emperor Ch^en Lung to raise him from his post of guard at the palace gates. Being found to possess
unusual talents he was quickly promoted, and by the end of the