CONFUCIUS FOR THE YOUNG

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 147, 19 December 1933, Page 22

CONFUCIUS FOR THE YOUNG

. Choiig Hsianghsu, the venerable 75----yoar-old. Prime Minister of Manchukuo, who is also Minister of Education of the new State, believes the ancient principles of Confucius.should be taught tho youth of the country. The perverse theories and heterodox writings of same modern educators, the Prime Minister' says, can only lead to evil and bring about oppressive legislation and the ultimate destruction of mankind. He thinks hasty speculation in untested ideas must bo strictly avoided so as to prevent disturbance of order and the injury of the higher humanity. "Having digested tho results of both modern and ancient educational methods," the Premier continued, "tho- Manchukuo Government has adopted the four cardinal courses laid down by Confucius as a basis of teaching the young. In accordance with this policy, the object of the primary schools should be to guide the younger generation in acquir-ing-elementary knowledgo leading to the right path of life. To teach them how to serve their parents, to love their brothers, to respect their elders, and to show sympathy to the poor, shall be the aim of essential courses in the curriculum for the training of boys. In tho more advanced classes the means of.defence against indolence, extravagance, trueulonee, and greed shall be strictly impressed so that students cannot fail to acquire control over self. To devote oneself to extensive cultures, to probe the depths of the particular department that one undertakes to study, aiming at expertnoss and skill as well as academic knowledge of manufacture, invention, arts, poetry, music, drama, literature, and various specialties, shall be the scope of education in the arts and sciences."