Southern Utonian | 1888-04-06 | Page 6 | A Valuable Literary Discovery

A valuable literary illin overy A literary event of national importance has taken place in japan one of tile tho legation officers now nov with the new minister to germany recently discovered in the ashikaga college tsuu li ii hiah a copy of fit hwang kans analects over 1300 1200 years old with all the ancient commentators notes this work hia disappeared in china ever since tho the southern suns sung dynasty i e for some or years and as the whole history of the pi present besent copy is known tho the chinese government has bai directed the japan to borrow it in order that a carefully corrected copy may be taken it may bo be added that should there 0 be o any kana inscriptions upon this copy valuable light will also be thrown upon tile japanese alphabet question zan san francisco chronicle