Chinese philosophy and ways living received ample attention in the writings of that period, Confucius and the Confucian philosophy were 621), says that: "For where you shall see the people civil, obedient to God and princes, judicials, peaceable and quiet, rich, fortunate and flourishing,'to live in peace, in unity' and concord—that country' is free from melancholy; as it was in Holy in the time of Augustus, now in China?" John Webi praised China as a land of virtue, where filial piety, Inodesty and respect are the cardinal rules of the people. Dr. Johnson's "Essay on The Description of China" extolls both Confucian ehies and London, Feb. 22. politics. Europe, from the end of the} No further light has been shed on With century, to that of the 18th, the disappearance of Mr. Harold experienced a tremendous vogue for Stringer, deputy engineer-in-chief things Chinese, called "Chinoiserie." and manager of the Shanghai Water~ 'A. great number of pseudo. Chinese works Ca, Ltd, who was fond Jetters were written, with the pur-! missing "from" the _cross-Channel pose of criticizing and satirizing the steamer Vienna on her arrival at political, as well as social, institutions Harwich from the Hook of Holland of Europe, on the basis of materials drawn from China. Their admiration fof the Chinese political system at that time is well known, the Robert many people remember that it was on Wednesday.
Stringer had shared a cabin with Messrs. T. J. Marks and W.!Hamiltor, two other employees the" Shanghai Waterworks Ca, Ltd. of Melancholy," he suggested that European countries should adopt the "government service examination" of China. By reserving all pasts 0 the candidates of these examinations, and by opening these examinations to everybody except members of the royal family, the personnel of the Chinese government was supposed to consist oily of learned, capable, and deserving men, picked' out fro all Hwalks of life. Dr. Johnson later consi. dered the Chinese: government a "gov ernment of wise men." Oliver Goldsmith, in his "Chinese Letters," mads hhis hero a Chinese philosopher. Thomas Carlyle, in his book, "Heroes and Hero Worship," says that the Chinese "do attempt to make the men of letters their governors."
Exen Chinese science or _pscudo~ science did not escape the attention fof the great forerunner of modern science, Francis Bacon, who praised the wisdom of old Chinese alchemists, for their abandoning the hope of making gold, and assiduous searching for ways to make silver. In his book. "Sylva Sylvarun," he says: "And we commend the' wit of the Chinese. who despair of the making of gold, Dut are_mad upon the making of silver; for, certain it is that it more dificult to make gold, which the most ponderous and materiate amongst metals." If Bacon's praise were really deserved, perhaps, would have at present'no problem 8 shortage of silver!
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