1 5 6 5 ), ▁cour tes y ▁name ▁R uz hen ▁( <0xE6> <0xB1> <0x9D> <0xE8> <0xB2> <0x9E> ) ▁and ▁art ▁name ▁Me il in ▁( 梅 林 ), ▁was ▁a ▁Chinese ▁general ▁of ▁the ▁M ing ▁dynast y ▁who ▁pres ided ▁over ▁the ▁government ' s ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁w ok ou ▁pir ate ▁ra ids ▁during ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁the ▁J ia j ing ▁Emperor . ▁As ▁supre me ▁commander , ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁defeat ▁X u ▁H ai ' s ▁( <0xE5> <0xBE> <0x90> 海 ) ▁substantial ▁ra id ▁in ▁ 1 5 5 6 ▁and ▁capture ▁the ▁pir ate ▁lord ▁Wang ▁Z hi ▁the ▁next ▁year ▁through ▁r uses . ▁Despite ▁his ▁accomplish ments , ▁Hu ▁Z ong x ian ' s ▁reputation ▁had ▁been ▁t arn ished ▁by ▁his ▁association ▁with ▁the ▁cli que ▁of ▁Yan ▁Song ▁and ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua , ▁tradition ally ▁rev iled ▁figures ▁in ▁M ing ▁histor i ography . ▁He ▁was ▁re h abil itated ▁dec ades ▁after ▁his ▁death ▁and ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁post hum ous ▁name ▁X i ang ma o ▁( <0xE8> <0xA5> <0x84> <0xE6> <0x87> <0x8B> ) ▁by ▁the ▁em peror ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 5 . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁direct ▁ancest or ▁of ▁Hu ▁J int ao , ▁General ▁Secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁of ▁China ▁and ▁Chinese ▁param ount ▁leader ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁career