The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-18

maxims Of Confucius and Mencius. ana
the Five Canons o. Chanes 81 History and
OF Poetry. the record Of rites and spring
and autumn No better clew 10 tho lit
ersry tastes ana trudifions Of the peo-
pie, with a perfect Illustration u national
life. can be supplied than Il contained In
two charming voumea Of stories From
a Chinese Studio" being a free transia-
ton % portions Of the works % T"u sun
Cling. q novelist who lived two centuries
agu. a. the commencement OF the Man
chu dynasty. ana himself disappointed
scholar. Mr. Giles OF Her Maioetys con
sular service. 90 whom We owe them. thus
defines the classics Tho book ~ wisdom.
attributed 10 Ccnfucius. r. a disqulsition
upon virtue and M moral elevation OF
the people The Chung YunF. or gospel
% Confueius' grandson. traces TO their
source the ruling motives or human con
duct The Confucian gospels are dis-
courses 81 tho sage with his disciples Tho
gospels of Menclus are collection Of
moral maxlms. Tho Canon Of Chanes con-
tsins a fancifui system OF philosophy
based upon the combination OF eight dia-
grams said 20 have been copied from the
back 81 a tortoise The Canon of History
which. by the way q the practical guide
20 the politics Of the dey-cmhrsces n pc
Rod extending from the middle OF the
twenty fourth century n. G. 70 y. G. II.
edited hy Confucius The Canon % Poetry
d a collection arranged By the same
teacher Of lyrics In vogue among the
people in the earliest ages Spring and
autumn Il history written ~ the
teacher concerning the Kingdom u la
from ~ 20 ta y G.
on these dry bones Chinese youth and
talent are nourished and sucked Small
wonder g. Il that n the memory be
abnormal
tensiveness and activity the reasoning
powers are woefully terllized One Of
Her Maiesiys consuls told me that he
had looked at several OF the papers SET
for the provincial examinations Three
bouts Of three days each are given for
this contest Of the intellect Of young
China. ana all the candidates are occu-
pied months beforehand IN trying by hook
or crook 60 square their examiner The
kind Of question set IN these papers
would be-: Write an essay upon the
words. He went from Lu 20 wa IN three
days A successful answer involves.
first OF All, n prodigious effort Of memory
IN placing tho hero" Of this moving epi-
sOdc and then on elaborate series of In
wenlous differences showing BY what sys-
tenn 81 carriage he must have covered the
distance IN the time. what must have been
the state of the kingdom 20 cause him
thus 20 60. and 10 on al inhnitum.
Wish such scheme Of education u -
not surprising that those who are plough
Cd IN the schools are able 10 earn pitt
lance IN the modest and universal trade Of
fortune telling and sooih-saying. Al Can
ton. for example. n whole square Of the
city. as big as n European markes. Il siv-
On no 10 che tables and stock IN trade Of
the prophet and no class OF public serv-
ants Il more necessary than that Of the
fortune teIlers 10 the happiness and COM
fort Of Chinese community. They ward
on bad Joss from the family hearth.
they turn paper money into taels. they re-
peve the wretched toiicrs Of the fear that
their bones will be carrion on the wsyside.
the sport % wind and weather. and they
prophecy that their ghosts Will be well
and truly iaid near tiv ancestral dwelling
place. IN a tomb which no foreign devil
shall disturb