(2) The. Manchu dynasty has always been particular and careful: in advancing the sacred doctrines of the Grent Sage, and previous Emperors have issued special edicts and rules of conduct thereanent.
these the grandest are those of the Emperors Yuny Cheng (1723/36) and Kia C 1795/1820), wh clearly the duty igh Ministers and provincial authorities to inculcate among the masses. We, therefore, command that the sacred edicts he in the future studied in the colleges and schools of whatever standard whether in Peking or in the the prefects, trates, and directors of studies are also commanded to read the sacred edicts in public for the education and information of the masses, Let not our be considered a The above decree was apparently penned by one of the Conservative Ministers in view of the great impetus the Emperor's reform decrees gave to the study of Western Learning" which, in spite of the coup "tat, has spread over the whole Empire in a wonderful manner, the foremost students being those of the noblest and highest families in the land.—Ep,
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