THE PASSING OF CHINA'S ANCIENT SYSTEM in 



In pentameters write on The sound of the oar, and the green of the hills 

 and water. 



1835. He acts as he ought, both to the common people and official men, 

 receives his revenue from Heaven, and by it is protected and highly esteemed. 



(More practical.) Fire arms began with the use of rockets in the Chau 

 dynasty; in what book do we first meet with the word for cannon? Is the de- 

 fence of Kaigungfu its first recorded use? Kublai Khan, it is said, obtained 

 cannon of a new kind; from whom did he obtain them? When the Ming 

 emperors, in the region of Yunglok, invaded Cochinchina, they obtained a 









Chang Chih-Tdnq, Viceroy of the Hu Kuang Provinces, who aided Viceroy Yuan Shih- 

 Kai in preparing the rueiLonal advising the abolition of the examination system. 



kind of cannon called the weapons of the gods; can you give an account of 

 their origin? 



1853. In the Han Dynasty, there were three commentators on the Yih 

 King, whose explanations, and divisions into chapters and sentences were all 

 different: can you give an account of them? 



Sz'ma Tsien took the classics and ancient records in arranging his his- 



