CHANG PO-HSI (PEKING), President Board of Education; native of Hunan; metropolitan graduate, 1874. Appointed Compiler at the Han-lin; Literary Chancellor, Shantung, 1881; Literary Chancellor, Szechwan, June, 1888; Libationer, Imperial Academy, April, 1896; Sub-Chancellor of the Grand Secretariat, Nov., 1897; senior Vice-President Board of Ceremonies, July, 1900; President of Censorate, Dec., 1900; appointed Special Ambassador to England, but embassy declined, Feb., 1901. President Board of Works, Aug., 1901; President, Board of Punishments, Nov., 1901; Commissioner of Education at Peking, Jan., 1902; President, Board of Civil Office, Feb., 1902; Member of Government Council, Nov., 1903; President of the Board of Education, 1905-6.