Show PEDANTS seem to be tl e only onee who there are tour different examina eions in the chinese university at pe kin the first is for the degree of bud ding dealus corresponding to our A says a writer in frank leslie a monthly this examination is held in every prefecture the second is tor the degree of promoted scholar or A M and Is held in each provincial caal tal li hung chang has never advance ed beyond this degree the third la for fit for office a sort of D L or LL D the fourth 13 for admission to the hanlan academy or forest of pen ails which makes the successful schol ar one of the great men of the empire each degree Is open only to the men who have won the lower degrees the lowest is open to any one A man ol 01 talent as dr martin says may raise himself from the humblest ranks to the dignity of viceroy or premier in each provincial capital Is an exam hall it consists of long row of cells open at the end and just large enough to hold a scholar with his bed ding teapot and food there are 12 cells in the canton hall A great wall surrounds the grounds and at the end Is the hall where the officials sit the candidates are all admitted at the same time assigned to their cells and the gates are sealed it a student dies as often happens his body is put through a small hole in the wall each examination lasts twenty four hours then the students are released tor twenty two days only to return for two more sieges A paper with blots or defacements is thrown out such innocent questions as this are propos ed to them the art of war arose under hwang tl forty four hundred years ago different dynasties have since that time adopted different regu latsons in regard to the use of militia or standing armies the mode of rais ing supplies for the armies etc can you state these briefly 7 the men who pass these examinations are a lot of pedants varied as the desert and beval as the patriarchs |