Hou Ying was over 70 years old. He and his family were very poor, and he himself was an official of low rank who was in charge of the city gate of Daliang, the Wei capital.
当时，信陵君听说大梁城门的守门官七十岁老人侯嬴是个贤人，家境贫穷，便派人带着大量财宝，前去聘请他。
Boasting an old and well-known family background, Hou received orthodox Confucian education and was later influenced by the sociopolitical cliquism in late Ming Dynasty.
他出身世家，曾受过正统的儒家思想教育，也受到明末党社之风的影响，这使得他在明亡之前选择的是一条积极用世的人生道路；
There are 300 families with a population of over 1300 people. The residents are Zhuang with different family names of Liao, Hou and Pan.
龙脊古壮寨目前有300户人家，1300多人口，有廖、侯、潘三姓，壮族，是广西北壮的聚居地。
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