Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-29
CAMPAIGN IN CHINA FOR
 MoNARchIAL PLAN.
Advocates Of the Republic Are Quot
 ing confucius Doctrine

Pekin. Oct. 2s.-Confucius looms large in the controversy which is be- ing hotly waged in China over the. nonarchial plan PresiRent Yuan Shi l<ai and his supporters are constant. ly quoting the ancient sage. Avio- cates of the republic ae also using Confucius freely. and urging that the change to monarchy would be viola ton of a Confucian oath and eoDse- quently would discredit the teachings of the great moral leader in the eyes. of the world.
 Plans are now in preparation by government officials for the erection of a great bronze statute of Confu- cius in Pek hsg. At present the an- cient sage is represented in the vari- ous temples only by pictorial images or sacred tablets. These do not ere ate the vivid impression of the great teacher which the Chinese officials desire. and the movement is under way to place bronze statues of him in Confucian temples throughout the re- public.
 Mandates have recently been issued by President Yuan Shi-kai strength ening the position of confucius' teachings in Chinese schools. and the society for the preservation of peace has constantly quoted the sayings of emperor in support of the restoration of the monarchy.
 Four Confucian canonical books are l taught in Chinese schools, and no students who are not thoroughly versed in them are regarded as well written nearly 25oo years ago are fre- quently used in nearly all govern | mental communications. The advo- cates of absolute concentration of government in the emperor are espe- cially fond of such excerpts as this: | AeFTn fha .xf the empire does 1t belong to disturb l the established religious end social institutions. to introduce new forms of government, to change the form | and use of language. At the present day throughout the empire carriage wheels all havef the same standard form and size; all writing IS written with the same characters, and in all the relations of life all recognize the same established principles"
 Public speeches concerning the mon- archial movement, letters to the news. papers and editorials in support oi the restoration of the empire are flll- ed with quotations concerning the five duties of universal obligation outlin. ed by Confucius and the three mora qualities by which the sage saiC these duties must be carried out. Tn, first of these duties are those betweeI ruler and subjects. Next are the du ties between father and son. Thei the duties between husband and wife The fourth duties are between eide brother and younger. and the fifth du ties are those in the intercourse be | tween friends. Intelligence, mora character and courage, in the orde named, are the three moral aualitie upon which Confucius laid grea stress. Of these he says: They ar the three universally recognized nor | al qualities of men It matters no In what way men come to the exer else of these moral qualities, the re suit is one and the same
 Knowledge of these moral qualities some acquire 1t as the result Of edu cation; some acquire it as the resul of hard experience. But when th knowledge is acquired, it comes { one and the same thing. Some eNer else these moral qualities natural l-and easily; some because they find | advantageous to do so; some with e1 e fort and difficulty But when tn j achievement is made 1t come tc on
 and the same thing"
 k The effort to strengthen the inter
 est in Confucianism is appareT o throughout the vernacular press
 China. Scholars are urged to wis d his tomb at Chufou, and a more care i ful readings of his classics Is advise = Young men are told that Confucii
 began gathering disciples around hi = and teaching the principles of goS
 government at the early age of
 His services as minister of crime al
 reviewed and the marvellous abolitiS
 of crime under his direction Is en e teacher in the later years of his lif V when he gathered three thousand di e ciples around him, is stressed, ar
 readers are constantly reminded
 the enduring fame of this teacher WI
 had the proper ideals of government