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tory according to their facts; some have accused him of unduly exalting the 

 Taoists and thinking too highly of wealth and power. Pan Ku is clear and 

 comprehensive, but on astronomy and the Five Elements, he has written more 

 than enough. Give examples and proof of these two statements. 



Chin Shao had admirable abilities for historical writings. In his San 

 Kwoh Chi he has depreciated Chu-koh Liang, and made very light of I' and I', 

 two other celebrated characters. What does he say of them ? 



From the ' Five Classics.' Treatment to be more recondite and in a higher 

 style. 



When persons in high stations are sincere in the performance of relative 

 and domestic duties, the people generally will be stimulated to the practise of 

 virtue. 



Essays in this section were characterized by a jejune style and 

 reasoning in a circle. Such topics as were given throughout the whole 



Entrance to the Headquarters of the Bureau of Education for the two Kwong 

 Provinces, Canton. Commodious buildings erected in 1889 by Chang Chih-tung as editorial 

 rooms in connection witu a large old-style school started by him when Viceroy in Canton. 

 Occupied by the New Bureau of Education in 1903. 



system involved a wide range of reading in the native literature, but 

 narrowed the vision to regard this literature as containing all that is 

 worth anything in the world. Yet the discipline of mind and memory 

 incident to preparing for these tests, supplemented by the friction and 

 experience of public life, made statesmen, out of scholars and did 

 much to give China her influence in Asia. Contrast these topics, 

 however, with more recent ones. 



