ABSTRACT
Among the points relating to the Chinese people who have attracted the attention of students in the history of intellectual development, their long duration and literary institutions have probably taken precedence. The thoroughness of Chinese education, the purity and effectiveness of the examinations, or the accuracy and excellency of the literature must not be compared with those of modern Christian countries, for there is really no common measure between the two. These are they must be taken with other parts of Chinese character, and comparisons drawn, if necessary, with nations possessing similar opportunities. The way to become a student "is, with gentleness and self-abasement, to receive implicitly every word the master utters. The pupil, when he sees virtuous people, must follow them, when he hears good maxims, conform to them. Wealthy or official parents, who wish their sons to compete for literary honors, give them the advantages of a full course in reading and rhetoric under the best masters.
