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225 Ch'ên Hsü 陳頊 (T. 紹世). A.D. 531-582. Brother of Ch'ên Ch'ien and uncle to Ch'ên Po-tsung, whom he deposed in 558, mounting the throne as fourth Emperor of the Ch'ên dynasty. In 573 he recovered many Districts from Ch'i, but was overawed by the rising power of Chou. Canonised as 高宗宜皇帝.
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