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# HONGKONG CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION SCHEME.
## STANDARD II
For Masters at the Central School, and others whose time for study is limited.
Period of Study: 3 Years.
### 1st Examination, (at the end of 6 Months).
(a.) Colloquial, (Lobscheid's Select Phrases).
(b.) The Radicals.
(c.) The School Book Committee's 1st Book, (1st half).
(d.) Sir John Davis's "Chinese."
### 2nd Examination, (at the end of 12 Months).
(a.) Colloquial, (Dennys's Handbook; First 30 Lessons).
(b.) Practical use of a Chinese Dictionary.
(c.) The School Book Committee's 1st Book.
(d.) Williams's Middle Kingdom, (Vol 1).
### 3rd Examination, (at the end of 18 Months).
(a.) Colloquial, (Dennys's Handbook).
(b.) The School Book Committee's 2nd Book.
The Sám-tsz King (3).
(c.) Writing, (Mr. Piton's Primer).
(d.) Williams's Middle Kingdom, (Vol II).
(a.) Colloquial.
(b.) The Tái Hok, (K1).
### 4th Examination, (at the end of 2 Years).
The Circle of Knowledge, (Less. 1-50).
(c.) Writing, (Circle of Knowledge, Less. 1-5).
(d.) The Prolegomena to Dr. Legge's 1st Vol.
(a.) Colloquial.
### 5th Examination, (at the end of 21/2 Years).
(b.) Mencius, (Dr. Legge: pp. 1-136).
The Circle of Knowledge, (Less. 1-100).
(c.) Mark the tones of the characters in a passage selected from the Sám-tsz King.
(d.) Life of Mencius, (Dr. Legge's Prolegomena, Vol II).
(e.) Colloquial.
### 6th Examination, (at the end of 3 Years).
(b.) Wade's Documentary Series, (Parts IV and V).
The School Book Committee's 3rd Book.
(c.) Translate into Chinese, using the character, a few easy English sentences.
(d.) Biot's Researches into the Manners of the Ancient Chinese, (Dr. Legge's Prolegomena to the Shi King).