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A. The master taught me the three bonds l 1 ) and five virtues; ( 2 ) 



We were congegrated in the red-flower-pavilion , and made an essay. ( 3 ) 

 Our road leads straight to the golden tablets; ( 4 ) 

 Afterwards our names will be knovvn and extolled. 



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When did school begin, and when did it end? ( 5 ) 



School began on the Sist of the third month at the hour Sz ( 6 ), and school was closed 



on the 25th of the seventh month at the hour Chao. ( 7 ) 



How can you prove that? 



I can prove it by a verse. 



How cloes this verse run? 



We have learned the classics and odes on the 21st of the third month ; 



The pavilion was filled with the sons of Hung. 



If you ask after the coral-groove and palace-examination; ( 8 ) 



The time of examination is fixed on the 25th of the seventh month. 



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C) The three bonds: between king and subject; father and son; husband and spouse. 



( 2 ) The five cardinal virtues are: humanity, equity, propriety, wisdom and faith. 



( 3 ) i. e. written the oath. 



( 4 ) The list of names of those who have succeeded in their examination, is called the golden tablet. 



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( 6 ) From 9—11 A. M. April 24 , 1734. (Comp. p. 15). 



( 7 ) From 1—3. A. M. Aug. 23, 1734. (Comp. p. 17). In another copy stands the question: Q. How many 

 scholars were there? A. Three hundred (and) twenty one (i. e. Hung. Comp. Introduction , 3). 



( 8 ) The examination for the degrees of JJJJ jC and %fk ■£ 



