238 A Chinese Biographical DictionaryIn 1723 he became a Grand Secretary, bat did not; retom to

Peking till 1726. He recei?ed many marks of honour, and was ennobled as Marquis, a title he lost in 1729 for remissness. Canonised as ^ ^ , and included in the Temple of Worthies.

596 Fu P'ei (T. ^M)- ^^^ -^..D. 386. Eldest son by a concubine of Fu Chien (2), who finding him well-read in history and fond of military studies, caused him to be instructed in the art of war. On Fu Chien's death, he assumed the royal title at ^ H Chin-yang in Shansi; and in 385 he claimed the throne of China, only to be defeated in the following year and slain by one of the generis of the rival pretender, Mu-jung Ch^ui.

597 Fu Pi (T. ^ g ). Died A.D. 1085. A native of Honan, who distinguished himself by his scholarship and was appointed in 1402 to a post in connection with criminal administration at the capital. As this was displeasing to LiQ I-chien, when it became necessary to send an envoy to the Eitan Tartars, he at once suggested Fu Pi. The latter was completely successful in his mission, persuading the Tartars to give up their claim to any further territory on condition of receiving an increased subsidy. Returning home, he was rewarded by various important appointments; but he was unable to reconcile himself to the innovations of Wang An-shih, and in 1068 he retired on the plea of old age. He was ennobled as Duke, and canonised'

598 Fu Pu-ch'i (T. -^ ^ ). Born B.C. 513. One of the disciples of Confucius. He was Governor of ^ '^ Shan-fu in Lu, but left the administration in the hands of five of the inhabitants more virtuous than himself, while he sat in the judgment-hall playing on his lute; the result being that the district was a model of good government. He was succeeded by

one ^ iS| ^ Wu-ma Ch4, who by dint of great personal