ANNUAL FETE REVIVED

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 91, 11 January 1935, Page 5

ANNUAL FETE REVIVED

Honouring Confucius

A reversion toward Chinese fundamentalism is seen by observers in the Chinese National Government’s revival of annual observance of the birthday of the philosopher Confucius. Coupled with the revival —this year marking the 2484th; anniversary—u move was made toward restoring honours and privileges to the direct descendants of the sage, to bring to light ancient musical instruments, and to render obligatory two years’ study of the works of Confucius and Menicus in the schools. This movement is traced to a belief on the part of many governmental leaders that a restoration of reverence for Confucius might aid in the general trend toward the "old virtues”—a trend chiefly noticeable for somewhat puritanical rulings in Canton, Nanking, Peiping and other large cities against mixed bathing, cosmetics, foreign garments and other things deemed contrary to the best precepts of Chinese life and thought. “It was Confucius's hope that the world would be united in love and work toward a common goal and for the common ‘weal’ said Wang Chingwei, president of the executive yuan, recently. “A world fellowship was Confucius’s Utopia, which in fact is also the foundation on which the Three People’s Principles, as expounded by the late Nationalist Party leader, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, are built. Without a common belief or a common objective, no nation can long survive.” The name “Confucius” is not known to Chinese as such; to them, the Sage is known as “Kung Tsz,” “Kung” being the surname and “Tsz” being an affix meaning “great scholar.” —“Christian Science Monitor.”

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