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For three centuries and more Roman Catholic priests were our Lustructors, and we learned some valuable lessons. Then loss than a century ago English and Ame ricans took up their share of the burdon. The President and Council of the Royal On some quistions we differ; we still Asiatic Society (London) held a reception think that we are right and yout wrong, on March 30th, on the occasion of the bus in others we have learned new lessons. opening of the Society's new premises at Wo no longer believe that we alone ars 74, Grosvenor Street, W., where the work civilised and you barbarians, as we so frankly declared but a little over half a of the Society will be able to be carried century ago. If we still think that our out with much greater efficiency and more civilisation is, on the whole, as good as convenient surroundings The Society yours, we now admit that yours, is as

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said to be comfortably housed. Lord English and American teachers have Reny presided over a good assemblage, given not only their bodies, and minds

but their money as well; hundreds of which was addressed by His Excellency schools in China have been supported by Saoke Alfred Sze, the Chinese Minister, funds subscribed by the people of the who in the course of his remarks said: United Kingdom and the United States. It is & great and important work that There are now scattered through: China your Society has been engaged cd, and many hundreds of schools to supported gd you may well be proud of the long line of and staffed. For their higher instruction

generally. Chinese students scholars of different generations that have abroad, every year some thousands to all been engaged in interpreting the East Japan, some hundreds to America, some to the West. Your membership is drawn dozens to England. They go in thousands for the most part from those who ary to Japan because it is nearer, and because Ladia but there have also been disting master. Those, however, who have a good uished men who have instructed the West knowledge of English go for the mos in the knowledge of China and of its people. Among English Sinolognes there part to the United States. are the two Scauntons, the father, Sir To begin, however, more at the begin George Leonard Staunton, the historian aing-about the year 1815-three Chinese of Lord Macartney's embussy to the boys went to the United States for the Emperor at Peking; the son, Sir George purpose of obtaining a Western education. Thoma Staunton, commentator. and They were sent to Wilbraham in Massa- transingor of the criminal code of China, chusetts. One of the boys soon returned and writer of valuable" articles on Chinese to China oa acconut of ill-health; one subjects: Dr. Robert Morrison, compiler came to England to take up course of of the first Chinese-English dictionary study in medicine: and the third remain- Sir John Davis, Governor of Hongkonged in the United States, and finshed his who wrote valuable books on China and studies at Yale College, graduating with translated Chineseworkas Sir John the class 1854 This was Yung Wing. He Bowring, also Governor of Hongkong; returned to Ching soon after his gradua Dr. James Legge, who translated then and carried back with him a scheme the classics and Dr. John Chalmers, who for spreading the benefits of American know as much of the Chinese language as education among Chinese students. But the Chinese themselv To these might those were troublous times in China. The be added the names of Medhurst, Stronach Tai-Ping rebellion was wasting the and Milse; of Wylie, Edkins and country with fire and sword. Yung Wing Clatchie, and many other who were had to abide his time It came in 1570, profound and learned students of the when the serious riot took place in Tien language literature and religions of taia, in which the French Consul and a China England bas also been represent number of Catholic nun were killed by ed in Chins by many men who knew well the mob. The foreign Powers exerted the country to whom they were accredit pressure apon the Peking Government to ed; Sir Rutherford Alcock, whose contriinitiate various administrative reforms, butions are buried-chief-in-blue-bocks; and there was an immediate demand for Sir Thomas Wade, who provided what Western-educated men. This was the were for many years the best text-books for opportunity which Yung Wing had been the study of Chinese, colloquial and docu- waiting for. At that time Tseng Kuo-fan mentary Sir Harry Parker, who began and Li Hung-chang, who had suppressed his public service and his study of Chinese the Tai-Ping rebellion, were the at the age of sixteen, and died in harass powerful officials of the Empire He at the age of fifty-seven: Sir Robert Hartfaid before them a plan of sending 120 who entered the British consular service hoys to the United States for a thorough in 1854, and the Chinese Government Western education. His ideas were to service in 1859, continuing in that service take boys hotween 10 and 15 years old, at for fifty years with the exception of three

before their habits are already an age mooths to 1863, during which he was formed. This plan was duly approved by British Ainister to Pekingous who Treng and Li, and appropriation made spoke and wrote and thought Chinese from the Customs revenge A prepara like the Chinese themselves I may tory school was established at Shanghai. further recall that the British Minister to test the intelligence of the various in Peking who has just retired las served candidates. Of those that responded to his Government in China since 1878. The the sail about two-thirds came from the Consular service has also given many Province of Kwantung and one-third from brilliant minds to the study of Chinese near Shanghai and Ningpo. conditions-prominent among them being

most

The frus batch of 30 students left China Mr. Willians Frederick Mayers, qualifedis 1879. and "imilar groups followed in interpreter after six months study of the 1573, 1874 and 1875.. All students were, language, and author of works which will placed two by two in private familien always be standard books of references in New England. After the entire pum and Mr. Thomas Taylor Meadows, whose ben wero aent, the preparatory school Desultory Notes" and "Chinese and at Shanghai was transferred to a school Their Rebellions have furnished foot home for the students at Hartford, Cou notes for two generations of writers who necticut When the Chinese Government have followed him. Passing over many decided in 1878 to establish a legution at others. I may mention among Englishmen Washington the hands of this educational still living Dr. Herbert A. Giles and Mr. mission, Chen Lan-pin and Yang Wing Edward H. Parker

were transferred to Washington to take When you add the researches of learned charge of the legation. In 1889, just as Frenchmen and Americans and amongst most of the students were ready to enter the latter I must not omit to mention the college they were recalled through a com name of Samuel Wells Williams, whose bination of political changes at home and "Middle Kingdom and Chinese die unfavourable reports from the United tionaries (in the Cantonese dialect and in States. At the time half-a-dozen were in Mandarin) have been aids to study for telege, and two had graduated from the many generations you may perhaps ank sheela Scientific School of Yale Univer what has been done by the Chinese them faity. One was Jeme Tien-yow, who becazan selves in interpreting the East to the the foremost engineer in China, and the West. Sinologues may differ among other was Owyang King, afterwards Con- themselves about China's-present or her fil-Generel » San Francisco, Vancouver, recent past; But on the distant past there Fanama and Batavia Although the stud is no dissenting voice. Her philo ente did not finish their education, their sophers were writing on religion or on training in America-gave them marked ethics at the same period as Plato advantages in their future careers.-Those and Aristotle in Athens; her historians that, took to business were remarkably were recording the story of her past be successful and many of those that chose fore Cesar described, his conquest of Gaul an official career held high positions, in and his invasion of Britain her poets the Government, Tong Shao-yi became wrote perse, which is read with pleasure the first Premier of the Chinese Republic; to-day, while Alfred reigned in England, Liang Tanyen and Liang Yu-ho became while William the Norman was invading Ministers for Foreign Affairs; Sir Chen- it and while John was signing Magna tung Liang Cheng, was Minuter. to tha Charta, and her scholars were writing. Umated States from 1933 to 1907; throughs thonsand years commentaries Lew Yak Linto was - Minister to on her classics which have moulded the England from 1801 to 1914 Though thought of the Chinese during more than the. Peking Government thereafter, for two thousand year

the next 30 years, made only sporadic ellurts to send students abroad, a steady stream of private students continued to Blow across the Pacific. At the same time

DE STEREOTYPED PAST, AND AWAKKEING.

The age of original, and constructive thought was followed in China, as in the of the Provincial Governments as

West, by a long period of commentary | scholasticism in which rigid lines and feed #views were id down with

the Provincial Government of Hapeh sent large contingents from time to time. -

which Chinese thought was, compelled to E BOXÉE INDEMNITI confine itself. -- In the East, as had hap-|- pened in the West, original thought on

DIE DOMMELBULONG: TO, ZUROPE AND AMERICADE

In the winter of 1905-6 two special Com

the problems of lifa sud conduct was dismissions were sent to Europe and Ameri couraged and suppressed. But the time ca to study political conditions abroad, came, as it did in the West, whan thought with View to make suggestions as to

how China could change ber form o struggled to be free. Through Government from that of absolute course with foreigners, the One began to recognise that there was howledge monarchy to a constitutional Government with Parliament. The commisioners to the West different from Confucian philo the United States visited Cornell Univer sophy, which Ching, for her own sake, Bity, where I had the honour of being the ought to be possessed of China- had first Chinese graduate. On the occasion. posed her civilisation, jher religion, her literature, Her art law and customs on of their visit, President Schurmian pro all nations and races of Eastern Asia, posed to the Board of Trustees to create free scholarships to be awarded. but to day we are asked to prove to the West we are entitled to rank with it, and sarually to Chinese students. This gene rous act means that since the third year

we realise it is not enough to point only their creation 4 free Chinese scholars to paat record. Our awakening to a sense; have been yearly in attendance at the of our shortcomings must be allowed to University. Yale University, Wellesley be largely dae to the instruction gend College and other institutions followed rously given by French American and the lead of Co English eachers who came to China toips for Chinose stude

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