for entrance into the College was held. The number of competitors was about one hundred. The following is a translation of the questions given:
1—*Give an account of the battles fought, the victories and defeats of the opposing forces, in the wars of the Chin, Han, T'ang and Sung dynasties,"
2.—* An illustration from the Chou-kuan; Wang Ngan-shih of the Sung dynasty availing himself of the ideas mentioned in the Chow-yuan introduced new methods the people and nearly raining the hnedome (of government) thereby bitterly oppressing At the present time all" the Western people have followed (copied) to excess the nations in levying taxes and governing the methods of the Chou-kuan. Notwithstanding this, for a hundred years or more their trade has prospered, their countries have become rich, their soldiers have become brave, and they boast of their prowess on the seas, Since Japan reformed and copied the Western methods, that nation has become powerful and more and more formidable. "All you scholars deeply ponder over these problems, and report truthfully on the past and present."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.