子). 11th cent. A.D. A recluse from Ssŭch'uan, who studied under the Taoist 張易簡 Chang I-chien along with Su Tung-p'o. He was intimate with Su after the latter's banishment to Huang-chou in Hupeh. Author of the 方山子傳, a treatise on the value of harmony in life and nature.
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Ch'ên Tsu-fan 陳祖范 (T. 亦韓. H. 見復). A.D. 1676–1754. A native of Kiangsu, who distinguished himself as a scholar, but who refused to take his degrees in the usual course. He lived in retirement, and gathered around him many disciples, reluctantly accepting the headship of the 紫陽 Tzŭ-yang College at Soochow, and afterwards that of several other Colleges. In 1751 he headed the list of men recommended to the Throne for classical knowledge and exemplary conduct, but he declined to take office. His literary efforts consist chiefly of essays and poems.
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Ch'ên Tsun 陳遵 (T. 孟公). Died A.D. 25. A native of Tu-ling in Shensi, of a wild and festive disposition. When he became a subordinate official at the capital, he used to appear with a handsome equipage instead of the lean horse and poor carriage of his colleagues. He also happened to have exactly the same names as one o£ the grandees of the Court, for whom he was constantly mistaken; and in consequence of the excitement often caused by the supposed arrival of the great man, he was nicknamed 陳驚坐 Ch'ên the Disturber of Sittings. He was almost always drunk, but it was said that he never let this weakness interfere with the dispatch of business. He rose to high office under the Emperor Ai Ti, and for services against some dangerous rebels he was ennobled as Marquis. He became Governor of Honan under Wang Mang the Usurper, and was sent under Kêng Shih on a mission to the Khan of the Hsiung-nu. On his return he heard that Kêng Shih had fallen, and remained for safety in Kansuh where he was killed by brigands, being dead
