Life of Po Chü-i

PO CHÜ-I

LIFE OF PO CHÜ-I

772 Born on 20th of 1st month.

800 Passes his examinations.

806 Receives a minor post at Chou-chih, near the capital.

807 Made Scholar of the Han Lin Academy.

811 Retires to Wei River, being in mourning for his mother.

814 Returns to Court.

815 Banished to Hsün-yang.

818 Removed to Chung-chou.

820 Reprieved and returns to Court.

822 Governor of Hangchow.

825 Governor of Soochow.

826 Retires owing to illness.

827 Returns to Ch‘ang-an.

829 Settles permanently at Lo-yang.

831 Governor of Ho-nan, the province of which Lo-yang was capital.

833 Retires owing to illness.

839 Has paralytic stroke in tenth month.

846 Dies in the eighth month.