Japan and the Japanese illustrated . BEOCINC. KOI! Till. KAMI SHOPS AND WAREHOUSES AT NIIlION-IIASSI. CHAPTEll VI. EDUCATIOX ASD LITERATURE AT YEDDO. SEPARATION OF RANKS.—CONFUCIUS AT THE UNIVERSITY.—ECLIPSE OF FAITH. THE DOCTRINES OF CONFUCIUS.—DIFFICULTIES IN THE STUDY OF CHINESE LITERATURE.—PRIMITIVEWRTTINC.—THE FORMER LITERARY CENTRE OF JAPAN.—BOOKS.—POEMS —LEGENDS.—ANCIENT ENCYCLOPEDIAS.—STORY-TELLERS AND SINGERS.—WORSHIP OF OLD TREES.—FANTASTIC STORIES OF ANIMALS.—DEMONS.—GHOSTS. J-HE high class schools which compose the University of YecWo are perhaps the onlyneutral ground


Japan and the Japanese illustrated . BEOCINC. KOI! Till. KAMI SHOPS AND WAREHOUSES AT NIIlION-IIASSI. CHAPTEll VI. EDUCATIOX ASD LITERATURE AT YEDDO. SEPARATION OF RANKS.—CONFUCIUS AT THE UNIVERSITY.—ECLIPSE OF FAITH. THE DOCTRINES OF CONFUCIUS.—DIFFICULTIES IN THE STUDY OF CHINESE LITERATURE.—PRIMITIVEWRTTINC.—THE FORMER LITERARY CENTRE OF JAPAN.—BOOKS.—POEMS —LEGENDS.—ANCIENT ENCYCLOPEDIAS.—STORY-TELLERS AND SINGERS.—WORSHIP OF OLD TREES.—FANTASTIC STORIES OF ANIMALS.—DEMONS.—GHOSTS. J-HE high class schools which compose the University of YecWo are perhaps the onlyneutral ground on whi<-li the sons of the Japanese nobility meet daily and live incommon with the young people of the middle classes. The separation of ranks existsbetween them nevertheless in all its severity; their studies also differ in essentialpoints. The young gentlemen receive only a certain classical culture based upon thebooks of the Chinese philosophers, while to the middle class populace the career ofliberal professions is open, such as the t


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