among his 5£ '^ £ Five Administrators. Canonised as 3fiC ^ * and included in the Temple of Worthies.
YinChu ^^ (T. gr|l#). A.D. 1001-1046. A native of 2488 Honan, famous like his brother Yin ^^ TQan (T. -f' ^)j for profound classical learning. He graduated as chin shih^ and after some service in the provinces was called to the Supervisorate oi Instruction. His defence of Fan Chung-yen involved him in disgrace, and he shared later in the failure of Han Ch4 against Chao Ttlan- hao. He was disgraced in 1045 for misapplication of public moneys. Tin Hao j|g j^ (T. '^ 'jjg). Died A.D. 356. A native of ^ ^p 2439 Ch'ang-p'ing in Honan, who rose to high military command. He became however an object of distrust to Huan Wdn; and when he failed to grapple with the rebellion of Tao Hsiang, Huan W£n impeached him for incompetence, and he was cashiered. He took his punishment without complaint, except that he spent his days in writing with his finger in the air the four words [}||j [}[{{ ^ ^ Oh! Oh! strange burineaa! Later on he received from Huan Wfin the offer of an appointment, which at first he was inclined to accept; however after much shilly-shallying he finally sent back a blank envelope, and thus put an end to his official career. See Ku Tueli'chih.
Yin Hsi ^ ^ . An official at the ^ ^ Han-ku pass in Honan, 2490 who one day noticed the approach of a purple vapour. He immediately recognised the advent of some divine being; and shortly afterwards Lao Tzti arrived on his way to the west, and handed to him the text of the Tao Ti Ching. Sometimes called ^ ^ -^ . Tin Hsien ^ J^ . Ist cent. B.C. An official of the Han dynasty, 2491 who rose under the Emperor Ch*6ug Ti to be Grand Historiographer. He assisted Liu Hsin in revising the Classics, especially the Spring and Autumn Annals and Tso-ch4u' Ming's commentary. He also classified the books which the Emperor caused to be brought together
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