The text of Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period is in the public domain and may be freely reproduced. These html-coded pages and the programmed pages for ECCP READER are © Old Johnson Place Publishers, 2022.. For more ECCP biographies see ECCP for the Web. Chin Tê-ch'un [167] Chin Tê-ch'un 金德純 (T. 素公), scholar, was a native of Liaoyang, attached to the Chinese Plain Red Banner. Through his close relations with Li Kung [q.v.] he became associated with the philosophical school of Yen Yüan [q.v ]. In 1715 he wrote an account of the organization and discipline of the Eight Banners, in 1 chüan, entitled 旗軍志 Ch'i-chun chih. It appears in the Hsüeh-hai lei-pien, printed in 1831 (see under Ts'ao Jung), and in the second series ' the 昭代叢書 Chao-tai ts'ung-shu. [ 1/43C/13a; 15/3/14b and preface.] DEAN R. WICKES