. The awakening of China . FRFSHMAX BOOXE SCHOOL, WUCHAXG. BOOXE SCHOOL PICNIC, \VUCH-\.\G THE MYTHICAL PERIOD 77 probably made them in the same way. Whetherunder Ftihi or Hwang»ti, Tsang-ki6 is recognised asthe Cadmus of China, the author of its written char-acters; and Tanao, a minister of Hwang-ti, is admittedto be the author of the cycle of sixty. Both of thoseemperors may be imagined as calling up their ministersand saying to one, Go and invent the art of writing,and to the other, Work out a system of the same way, the inception of the ctdture ofthe silkworm and the
. The awakening of China . FRFSHMAX BOOXE SCHOOL, WUCHAXG. BOOXE SCHOOL PICNIC, \VUCH-\.\G THE MYTHICAL PERIOD 77 probably made them in the same way. Whetherunder Ftihi or Hwang»ti, Tsang-ki6 is recognised asthe Cadmus of China, the author of its written char-acters; and Tanao, a minister of Hwang-ti, is admittedto be the author of the cycle of sixty. Both of thoseemperors may be imagined as calling up their ministersand saying to one, Go and invent the art of writing,and to the other, Work out a system of the same way, the inception of the ctdture ofthe silkworm and the discovery of the magnetic needleare attributed to the predecessors of Yao, probablyon the principle that treastire-trove was the propertyof the King and that if no claimant for the honourcould be found it must be attributed to some ancientmonarch. The production of silk, as womans work,they profess to assign to the consort of one of thoseworthies—a thing improbable if not impossible, herplace of residence being in the north of China. Theirpicture-writing tell
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