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The, ch. 17, contains the following extract from the “Impartial Judgments in the Garden of Literature” by  Chêng Hou: —

Chu Hsi, commenting on this, fully admits the first part of the criticism, although he dislikes the audacious comparison with the venerated classical works. Language of this sort, he says, “encourages a ruler’s bent towards unrelenting warfare and reckless militarism.” 



Accustomed as we are to think of China as the greatest peace-loving nation on earth, we are in some danger of