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. At the hour of prayer,
which is about nine o'clock, they may be seen going in crowds,
clothed in yellow robes, to the various halls of worship where
they chant their prayers.
Very different from this is the Confucian Temple only a quarter
of a mile away. Here we find neither priest nor idol--nothing but
a small board tablet to "Confucius, the teacher of ten thousand
ages" with those of his most faithful and worthy disciples. In
the court on each side are rows of buildings--that on the east
containing the tablets of seventy-eight virtuous men; that on the
west the tablets of fifty-four learned men; eighty-six of these
were pupils of the Sage, while the remainder were men who
accepted his teachings. No Taoists, however learned; no
Buddhists, however pure; no original thinkers, however great may
have been their following, are allowed a place here. It is a
Temple of Fame for Confucianists alone.
I have been in this temple when a whole bullock, the skin and
entrails having been removed, was kneeling upon a table facing
the tablet of the Sage, while sheep and pigs were similarly
arranged facing the tablets of his disciples.
For twenty-four centuries China has had Taoism preached within
her dominions; for twenty-three centuries she has worshipped at
the shrine of Confucius; for eighteen centuries she has had
Buddhism, and for twelve centuries Mohammedanism: and during all
this time if we believe the statements of her own people, she has
slept
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