The Language And Literature of China : Two Lectures Delivered At the Royal Institution of Great Britain in May And June, 1875
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But whatever may be the shortcoming of Confucius as a writer, the respect he felt and inculcated for letters, gave an impetus to literature. Following the example he set, men began to compile the histories of the various 8o The Literature of China. States; and authors wilji a turn for more original composition busied themselves witli tlie production of works on sucli arts and sciences, including medicine, mathematics, law, and hus- bandry, as were known to them. It was just as this new industry... was beginning to flourish that the Emperor Che Hwang -ti, to whom I have already referred, an able and ambitious prince, ascended the throne. By a judicious mixture of force and diplomacy, he abol- ished the Feudal States, into which the Empire had up to his time been divided, and drew all power and authority into his own hands. Estimating the traditions of the past to be almost as potent as did Confucius, and for that very reason deeming them as dangerous to the existence of his rule, as Confucius had con- sidered them to be beneficial to the Empire, he determined to break with them once and for ever.
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