, 1880-02-18
CHINESE ROYALTY.

CHINESE ROYALTY.
Studying with Eight Whipplng-noys,
mud SIceplng Watched by 'rwciity-
four IInt,dnlalds On ana Undor tho
He'd. ....
Tic Hong Kong Daily Prcsa gives the fol-
lowing account Of tlio education OF the sons
of the Chinese EmperDrs, and Of s0tne of tho
domestic arrangements OF tho Royal fnmiy:
"To SONS Of tho Manchu Einperors
fhwnny-tsz) undergo from their tendercst
youth n system of the strictcst education.
Rising NJ Rbout o'clock In tho morning,
they first take their lesson in Chinese ltern-
turc under tho supcrtntendenca OF tho only
tutor WHO has tl,e title If .slfll.fu or
'1nastcr.'. Thu tutor rtsrs from his clair III
soon us tho Imperial pupils enter and re-
Which IS then returned In the. same
form, Tho tutor takes tho sent Of honor,
and when tho lesson Is learned tho pupil
brings up Ills book. deposits 1t before ills
task by heurt, II the lcssolt is not learned.
tho tutor requests a eunueal III nttcndnlico
to bring the ferule {clrlng-pnn( aud .lnakcs n
s!low Of administering correction. DNt each
psIa 'nP y ase9paRls Fna;y ~ n eEnta In an is
chn language as la-l,a-chu, who study tie
same books us tlGir young master. Wien 1t
becomes necessary. to- 0tlmONisll tho latter
more seriously the l!a-lla-cliu arc beaten with
Hi pupil acquits Himself well thoy are, on
the ntl!er hniM, commended or rewarded.
A recalcitrnnt md olatlnate Prince is, as tho
last resort, himself logged, though probably
s fars tiw E;npsror wiz VII % irccs a eanucl, ] to t.
pinch lis Checks (ch'ih pa jou). The
iatc Emperor T'ang ehih was ire
gaently tweakcd in th,s WY BY Or
asr Of H tn S11s ae GnGse s les
the Manchu and Mongol lessons In compost
tlpn, given BY tho tcachors who enjoy nle.less
honorable tliles Of sr-fli, aud who aso Obliged
to-, t. eet tHelr pupil IT. the aooF and make tlo
ISangat, and in local 1CEinesS siialccts. Xftor1
these come courses Ut instruction IN foot and
horse archery, tnla-n-chtGn), Althletlcs, fcnc-
ins, putting ihe stone, etc: lsnng.tau.shth).
called all.ia: The Whole Of tho young
Princes t!ayis taken up with mental or phys.
ical EXERCISES. and they retire to rest at very
eary h"Yt AT AT at1s fat s ntory"s ter msns
Of tho table. At tho age Of il tl!oy
n,,st nIas1 marry; Tho Emperor sleeps with
sst spoa fs'das Is Sa a sanfsfs sffsa stbt,nE dtbsgEs
lta,,yinng) underneath tho bed, al OF them
girls from the Imperial household {ncl-wu-
tnl. Their function ls to keep watch over
Ills Alnjcsty.. and they aro mot allowed to
movements Of zig Emperor after awaking Ia
the morning are slgnAllzed by clnpplng of
ha'lds on t1ie part Of the elnuch or guard
Uneo yeas11on New iear's Day-the
En,peror an Sn4 ElMpress preside at grand
left hand. Ttis Is the only occasion during
the ycnr on which the Emperor can see hts
wives together and compare their respective
neris TIC Empress presents artlcc8 Of food
her. MnJesty on their knees, aud the Emperor
Rsrf',rins the sa'ne politcncss to tie women.
Ihe Emperor is spokon 0f and to rs asfwang-
-'a1alessy''-Dy ri! but members OF tic
nnsr d1r, ,baa'ners W4o use the term .eh-tsz'-
ye,' of 'ci,a.tsz,, i. c., .nuidha,' or sdoi,i.
n1us'' 1' and tho 1Mperlal Princes ',yo.'-the
eSsn SSs tSf S1nS So e hrsa sfs oi TSy 9ss az
the lmperlal apartments. are neyer enseretl
eyon ~ oun4ehs, and, nf men, only eunuchs
5, ars allowed to pass tl!o fifth ,gate, which is
,'s, .W9s,chGd BY eorps Of Imperial glnrds (sht
o. s' even a'e highest officer who may approach
no female anartinenls, Wishes to purchase
ahyth'hg or 10 communicate with tbs outer
tsz) WITH Witch tRe haren rel isper Is pproSyftded. Sftdd
On which the hcnd eln1lch approaches to
19qn!re who Is in want Of nssistance,
Aay'ng lcArncl who calls, liz tlIspAtches the
uil!!af ullnnth specially attached II this do
hAft.ncnt. who addresses the handmade and
t!kes he' orllers. cltllur ycr!nily OF OH q sIlp
81 paper Tue Cabinet Ministers {clsi,i.ctll)
!se every morning ut ., present themselves
~ court ~ 5n. M, and are then received IN
ssa!lc'!ee. s.n M Their ,nlcais are served up grat!s
asay syy !s spent ut tie pnluce Until p. m. Oh
oh. Gays alld till p. Ill, OIL days Wien tlloro
,iniittarY. business To discuss. Thus the
eniy time they Gun cNil tllelrown IL from, say,
mcy. may obtain leaye Of abse,lce, which
\, aI!st Y frequently be great boon. Tlla eiltl.
81! ilever Fetgrii tho calls OF any but tho most
ths.!l th!tl,f1tiHhe: provincial officers, and even
aseh tllls IL done IN the way frUm the pulace."