and he gained considerable kudos by preventing them from reaching
Canton. Canonised as (
Chinese characters).
1422
Ln Kung (Chinese characters)(T. (Chinese characters)). 1st and 2nd cent. A.D. A native
of P'ing-ling in Shensi, whose ancestors belonged originally to the
Ln State. His grandfather, (Chinese characters) Lu K'uang, had served under
Wang Mang the Usarper, and had gained the sobriquet of (Chinese characters)
Bag of Wisdom. His father died when he. was only 12; and his
bitter lamentations, coupled with refusal of all pecuniary assistance,
attracted much local attention. He subsequently became Magistrate
of (Chinese characters) Chung-mou, the modern K'ai-fêng Fu, where his administration was characterised by the (1) absence of locusts, (2) tameness
of birds and beasts, and (3) humanity of children in his District.
These desirable results were said to be due to his virtuous rule,
from which all ordinary forms of punishment were eliminated. He
rose to be President of the Board of Civil Office under the Emperor Wên Ti, and again, after an interval of disgrace, under his successor. He finally retired and died of old age.
1423
Lu Lung-ch'i (Chinese characters) (T. (Chinese characters) H. (Chinese characters) and (Chinese characters))-
A.D. 1630-1693. A native of 1423 P'ing-hu in Chehkiang, who
graduated as chin shih in 1670. In spite of a clever essay at the
Palace examination, on the need of morals as well as laws in
government and the certainty of corruption among underpaid officials, he became Magistrate at (Chinese characters) 1423 Chia-ting in Kiangsu only
in 1675. There he set his face against the system of presents to
superiors, and by his upright rule excited so much jealousy that
in 1683 a pretext was found for shifting him to the wretched post
of Ling-shou in Chihli, where he remained prosecuting his reforms
until 1690. He was then appointed to be a Supervising Censor.
Here again his strong opposition to the system of recommendation
for office, as well as to the "contribution" system, rendered him
very unpopular, and he was forced to retire when his three years
