History is being made in Shantung where the Chinese forces are putting up such a stout resistance against the Japanese, but the swing back and forth of the contending forces is also reviving history. Shantung's ancient historical foundations and the number of famous philosophers and scholars it has produced, headed by Confucius, have long made this province one tot great interest and the changing fortunes of war around many of its cities is bringing to light all sorts of interesting. associations with the basis of Chinese history and culture. Lingyi, now in the hands of the Japanese, is a case in point. This city has a history dating back at least 2,000 years, and Emperor Shih Huang Tib, who built the Great Wall, visited the city on his way to Tai Shan, the Sacred Mountain. To Chinese it is even more famous because it commemorate one of the outstanding acts of filial piety which for centuries has guided the conduct of children towards their elders and is taught in the first primer in most Chinese schools. This concerns a boy named Wang Tsiang, whose parents were sick during the winter and desired fish, which was impossible to obtain, The boy stripped off his clothes and lay naked on the frozen river until the heat of his body melted the ice and he was able to catch several carp and take them to his parents, This is one of the 24 distinguished filial acts, and the river on which Lingyi stands is named in honour of the boy, being called Hsiao Ho, or Filial River. It is reported that some concern is being felt regarding the safety of many ancient monuments, temples and tombs in and und Lingyi for the Sino-Japanese hostilities hitherto have left nothing but utter and ce: plete destruction in their wake. The swift capture of Lingyi by the Japanese, who are reported to have passed the city in their southern advance and have reached Tancheng, only a few. miles from the Lunghai Railway, may have resulted in the city being spared of the worst destructive phases of the campaign.,
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