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As the edicts continued to come out in such quick succession my Hanlin friend became alarmed. He came to me one day after the Emperor had censured the officials for trying to delay the establishment of the Imperial University and said: "I must return to Peking." "Why return so soon?" I inquired. "There is going to be trouble if the Emperor continues his reform at this rate of speed," he answered.
"We have been compelled to issue this decree," said the Emperor, "because our examinations have reached the lowest ebb, and we see no remedy for these matters except to change entirely the old methods for a new course of competition." "What do you think of that?" I asked the Hanlin. "The greatest step that has ever yet been taken," he replied.
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