ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses that it is very difficult to determine what class of any people are most deeply intent on acquiring knowledge, but it would not be inclined to put the Chinese second even to the Germans in their love for learning. It selects a particular class of the Chinese who are most willing to sacrifice to secure an education, and select the students who come from the homes of poverty. Chinese history is so full of stories of poor boys that became great scholars under the most self-sacrificing circumstances, and then either refused to take office, or accepted it under protest. In case there are any mispronunciations, they are corrected, and the teacher then allows him to read over another task, telling him the names of the characters he does not recognize, that he may return to his seat and memorize it as he has done the other. One of their stock stories is of the Paul of Confucianism.
