of the Hsia dynasty, B.C. 2188. He is said to have dri?en his master from the capital, and to hare seized the throne, which he held for 27 years, antil slain by one |^VJ£ Han Cho, also called P*6ng (or P'ang) M6ng, who was jealous of his skill in archery. Ghuang Tastl declared that if a man stood in front of the bnll's-eye and Hon I failed to hit him, it would be that Destiny had turned the arrow aside.
669 Hou Pa (T. ^ ^ ). Died A.D. 87. A virtuous Governor of Q§ ^^ Lin-huai under the Han dynasty. When ordered to the capital, the people lay down in the road and hung on to the shafts of his carriage in order to prevent his departure.
670 Hou Ts'ang (T. ^ #). 1st cent. B.C. A great scholar of the Han dynasty, who held high o£Bce under the Emperor Hstlan^ Ti. He transmitted the SitiMl from Eao T^ang to Tai TS, who was his pupil. In A.D. 1580 he was admitted into the Confucian Temple.
671 Hou T'u . One of the Ministers of the Yellow Emperor, B.C. 2698. His allotted region was the north, and he ruled over earth and water. Deified as ^ the tutelary god of the soil.
672 Hou Ying . 3rd cent. B.C. A recluse of the Wei State. When he was seventy years of age and in great poverty, Wu Chi wished to engage his services; but the old man refused all offers, contenting himself with recommending Chu Hai, by whose means Wu Chi is said to have succeeded in relieving Han-tan.
673 Hsi Ch'i . B.C. 666-651. Son of Duke Hsien of the Chin State, by his concubine Li Chi. Through his mother's influence he was placed upon the throne, to the exclusion of the rightful heir; but he was immediately murdered by the Minister J|^ ^ Li E'o.
674 Hsi Chung . 20th cent. B.C. A descendant of the Yellow Emperor, said to have been Master of the Horse under the Great
Ttl and to have been the first to employ horses as draught animals.