Aug.
Jicst as in the West there is a strong movement against the teaching of the classics in the universities, so in China there revulsion against the dominant influence exerted by ancient sages so long honoured to the-point of deification. Foreigners are irritated by the pompous platitudes that often follow the formula "The Master said.'' And yet a vast amount of wisdom and some wit is buried in China's neglected literature. Ifit were to be asserted that the petty insignia ficance of China's present day politicians is due to the fact that they wote not educated in the obiter dicta of the Sages but in the more practical subjects known as ''Western learning'? we doubt whether the statement could be successfully refuted.
It is said that one of Confucius' disciples once asked him for a statement of the science of government. A comprehensive question truly. The Master said,'' to use the time-honoured language of the four books, "Three things are necessary; sufficient food for the people's needs, sufficient soldiers for their defence and sufficient confidence between the ruler and the ruled." "If it be not possible to obtain'
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