meeting him again, the bride said, "I made such a mistake just now; I took Po-chieh for you." "But I am Po-chieh!" he cried, which so covered his sister-in-law with shame that she could never bear to see him again.
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Chang Po-hsing 張伯行 (T. 孝先). A.D. 1651-1725. A native of 儀封 I-fêng in Honan. Graduating in 1685 as chin shih, he entered upon an official career, and soon gained distinction in connection with work upon the Yellow River. By 1707 he had risen to be Governor of Fuhkien, where he built a college and encouraged education. In 1709 he was transferred to Kiangsu, and there came into conflict with 噶禮 Koli, the Governor General, who was a Manchu. Each denounced the other, and Chang was condemned by a Commission; but the Emperor set aside the finding, and Chang triumphed. A few years later he was impeached by the Treasurer, and again a Commission decided against him. The Emperor however sent for him to Peking, and ultimately appointed him Vice President of the Board of Revenue. Besides the 居齊一得, a collection of essays on the principles of hydraulics, he published the 養正類編, a treatise for the young on right conduct, the 道南源委, containing notices of eminent Confucianists under the Sung dynasty, two large collections of extracts from various philosophers, and other works. He also wrote a famous memorial on Roman Catholic missionaries, pointing out that Christianity wrongly teaches men to forsake their parents, forbids the worship of ancestors, and is opposed to the established customs of China. He proposed that those missionaries engaged in astronomical pursuits should still be employed at the capital, but that all others should be ordered to quit the empire at once, and that all chapels should be closed. He received a public funeral, and was canonised as 清恪.
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