The sun., 1916-09-03
THE CHANCEFUL AND ADAPTABLF
NOT THE MMOVABLE ORIENT.
Japanese Philosophy in It's Relation to Progress Explained Il, the Inani
/. Who Knows Nippon best.

each continent was the relation %, r..
son to an external authoriv.
Shall w call II I'royidcn.c:n1.
when In the fulncss of time ,'I,,.
task of assimilating the trib,, v A..
and the neighbor and pupil uaii,,
without to the gospel of her r1l,y
was virtually finished, n ncw CYAN,
OF thought should appear?
Whatever he our opinions. d
toric fact that Wang Yang-mir- u,r
nounced In Japanese OyoincD. NLc
contemporary Columbus tli1y.l,p.
invited his countrymen to enter A nov
world by giving them a fresh orrap,,
He nj acros the grain Of corrrcl,,
ism, which Is based on authority III
summoned men to original thinlI,,
and to look within. Wang, bv ,echn.
cal description an idcilist ana ,n,ut
tiOnalist, held that nothing cyiste
apart from mind. In ones own bos,,
the inquirer must originate Lnowl4ds.
by first knowing himself. and then :,
pressing on. must master all lcarurs
nor ever cease until all the secrets a.
The universe, spirit. law. force. na,ur,
ard mar were known. Wang was ,h.
great protestant against scholss,,.
cisn,. To him knowledge and sc'Io.
were one. To see duty clearly WI. fo,
the superior man. the thinker. tn do e
Thus idealism In Wang's system n.
came pragmatism. For man ica''
was what lie made 1t tn hc IN tho so,.
Vice Of practical ends. Nor did H.,
W~ashinctons, with their motto ~.
'Exitus acta prohat," excel this chimes.
Davy Crockett and spiritual ancestor
of that Japanese Lincoln Mlt~lhlto
who emancipated and upiai~cd 20 rIi.
zenship 81 million %outrlSts. ar 'ho,,
refoimers in the New japan who. o,
reading the American document o.
July 4. 1916. imagined tho Amcrica,
fathers got their ideas from ~ uur,i. o..
tho late MARQUIS Ito. who found %
THE t~'ederalist" his literary Ideal o.
applied Ovomcism.
Not a pale student or rc,lusc in t.,
study was Wang. To him books WEI.
but tools and aids to his own jloi.
lie was scholar. magistrate. Gc,era
philanthropist and a successful 'u,,
in all functions. or course ,Nm'ri,s.
and Chinese human nature 'on.
identiCan he was branded = pIr.
and pestered by beresy hyntor- Ye'
he won literary aud ofi,ial reward,
with imperial dccrees Of praise nri
now enjoys posthumous hunors second
only TO those accorded to Confttus
1t was. however. with \ Sr.u-,r
nation and on freshcr soil tina 'r.rue.
ism found fun welcome dIii ltruor
development; for il harm"uil'i lr..'
subtly with the Japanese temp, lament
l;u~hido. besides owing mach '
Oyomci, was a ruic of action 'rver
a canon Of Thought. In Japan, ,t3.
1850. Oyomei was nightly dose joel
\ long line of inuuiring spirit a'..
Who despite the udn, lmpii-o.|l'
torture. and even death iutl'.t. =
the i~nsticatiun Of the Ht'icial u'tiH.|.N
Of tho Tycoor's Government IN Ns.
created n new mind for the TO-.
Especially in those Southwestern pro-
inccs, whose harous WEI" Orf s.
lcniy ohcdient e. the IedN UHrd .
and whence arose the men who = ~
tho new Japan. was Dyuinci cl''''
Men whose memories run back :"
'i0s recall not only TIC H''
scholars occurring to their rIp' .
but also the public assemble.
potei Of cultured men hish u
and office, WI" listened t. grr}
course on Themes at once ''.r
and practical. The fcudal hu' u.
with each other To- invite t't ..
famous pypmci teachers. C"e''o
became Laboratories ul tiuug 20 u
conscious preparation FOR lofi.
The fruits ~ this iutor,ri'r
heavens law and man MT
cations were already In l>''
fest a when seed l. Suwn ,
moist soil. The poor were
and the hungry fed, WtS'" '
reclaimed and caste broken. I
for knowledge. freedom r' H,
conscience and tho ca-'r
truth and science frun' o,,'t
created the atm"sphcr"
co'ncd the treaty nlallH- 81.
and sent young mon abroad Oh.
Of course action amt rr"-'.
! native and local forms of
and justification. Il Wa. n
prctext Of driving ont allow
orinC tho MikIdu that t'' ''
solve e. taSte tho word
make n new nation W. "".'
To ahhroviatc a 'ru. ~lur'
furnished tho chief motor ','.
Japan's construction "lt of ~
ism NJ a modern STATE
In asserting that the n" "'
osophy WAS tho informing co.
made tho body polite of ID p.
living soul we speak from r"''' y
p%eriCnCe ON the soil and DN.'
n half century aro.
This philosophy Of uyom,.
tie, intuitloral. pracmati,
breath Of tho martyrs. aei;t','-
crs AVID men OF action in lln.'
iS3o 10 1870; hut t We IT,
first students in America, ''r
men Of tte Mciii rorloi t'''-
including the rrcmicrs. tuc e..
industry and the Admira'- .I
erals in IN" WIS with ,hHIu U..
sia. wcr" almost to a man 'r..
= * not wonderful thai W,
minc'S philosophy, ,%Npuud,d F
forced, should, IA our owu iU
In China rs missionary ,u,.-
nations recreation such is
ugous story of tho tNu p..
rcllpions, Buldhism and
that LEFT the lands of tu,u '
r~cprnpagatod therein ,,',H.
I'll" recent ROY u,utiu. - l.'
largely CNplliuil'c 'N t', rp...
study oi Wac Ndu--I.,.
in the land "i rs uri- .r. q
those also Who see, hrncttN. '