. New China and old : personal recollections and observations of thirty years. aminers hands. Then follows a theme forverse, accompanied by careful rules for rhythm andallowable rhymes ; and elaborate general regulationsare added, enjoining a careful note of each alteration,erasure, or addition, and warning the candidates thatlOO alterations will pluck a man. The papers for the second stage are on themes fromthe Five Canons, or Classics—as for instance— Cloudsfollow the dragon, winds the tiger ; but the perfect manspies out everything. Or this— Grain and millet haveno (fragrant) reputation to
. New China and old : personal recollections and observations of thirty years. aminers hands. Then follows a theme forverse, accompanied by careful rules for rhythm andallowable rhymes ; and elaborate general regulationsare added, enjoining a careful note of each alteration,erasure, or addition, and warning the candidates thatlOO alterations will pluck a man. The papers for the second stage are on themes fromthe Five Canons, or Classics—as for instance— Cloudsfollow the dragon, winds the tiger ; but the perfect manspies out everything. Or this— Grain and millet haveno (fragrant) reputation to be compared with that ofeminent virtue. At the third session the subjectscomprise questions on literary criticism; on antiquarianliterature ; on the hydrography of Chehkiang—the rise,course, and outfall of its rivers ; and on the coastdefence of The third degree of cJiin-shih, entered scholar, whichmay be called the degree, is competed for in the » Taken from a set of examination papers in the Dorset CountyMuseum, with annotations by Bishop The Top of the Tree. 267 capital of the Empire. These, like the Kyii-jin exam-inations, are triennial ; and duly accredited candidatesreceive a grant from the provincial treasurer towardstheir travelling expenses. The examination is similar to that for the previousdegrees ; the subjects for the essays and poems are alltaken from the canonical literature—the four booksand the five classics. The examiners, however, are ofhigher rank, and the successful candidates are intro-duced to the Emperor ; the three highest on the listreceiving special honours from the Emperors ownhand. (During the Tang dynasty there were sixdegrees conferred, namely—sm-tsai, ming-king, tsin-s,viin-fah, sJiii, and szvdn. The custom of designatingrank by buttons on the cap was sanctioned by thepresent dynasty about the year 1730.) Our friend Mr. Chin has climbed then to his highposition by the old time-honoured methods. Thesame
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