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of office had expired, shortly after which he died. In 1724 his tablet was placed in the Gonfaciau Temple , and in 1786 he was canonised as ^ J{^ . He was famous as a teacher of the Classics, and also for his :^ H^ ^ |^ , a commentary on the Four Booh, and for several other learned works. His miscellaneons writings were published nnder the title of ^ j|[ ^ ^ .

1424 Lu Pan ^ ^ (or f^). A sobriquet conferred npon a fiunoos mechanic of the Lu State, named ^ ff^ ^ Eung-shu Tsti, who is said to have been contemporary with Confucius. Because his father had been put to death by the men of .Wu, he earned the figure of a demon and set it with its hand pointing in the direction of that State. The result was a drought which lasted three years; but upon receiying compensation for his father's murder, he cnt of the figure's right hand, and the drought ceased. He also constructed a wooden kite, which fiew up into the sky and did not come down for three days. He is now worshipped as the Qod of Car- penters, and tyros are warned not to "swing their axes at the door of Lu Pan, — t. e. not to show off in the presence of an expert

1425 Lu Pao *§ j^ . (T. JC ^ )• 3rd cent. A.D. A native of Nan- yang in Honan, who was a poor scholar under the Chin dynasty. Shocked by the collapse of public morality and the greed for mere wealth which characterised the period A.D. 291—300, he composed a satire on the vices of his age, known as ^ )|f^ ||f , a discourse on the Genius of Money.

1426 Lu Po-te ^j^^' 2nd cent. B.C. A native of P'ing-chon, who served with distinction under Ho Ch^ii-ping, and was ennobled as Marquis. In B.C. 120 he subjugated large portions of modern Euangtung and Euangsi, and received further honours. He was known as the ^ ]^ ^ ^ Wave-quelliug Commander, a title given later on to Ma Yiian.

1427 Lu Shen ^•^ (T. ^ ^^. H. jH |1|). A.D. U77-1544, A