1. Bi GanBi Gan 比干 - a prominent historical figure of the Shang dynasty, son of Wen Ding 文丁, Zi 子 lineage, thus member of the royal house and uncle of the last Shang king, Zhou Xin 紂王. Notorious for his corruptness, the king was annoyed by Bi Gan's advice to rectify his ways. He ordered Bi Gan's execution through extraction of the heart 比干剖心, under the eerie pretext of curiosity "whether the Sage's heart has seven openings". The plot became a popular element of the Warring States philosophic discourse.
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