Excerpt from The Chinese Traveller, Vol. 2: Containing a Geographical, Commercial, and Political History of China; With a Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, Religion, Agriculture, Government, Arts, Sciences, Ceremonies, Buildings, Language Physick, Trade, Manufactures, Shipping, Plants
Their principal method of obtaining riches, ho nours, and ofiices, is the Rudy of the laws, morality, the canonical books, and billory; it is to learn to write in a polite manner, in terms fuitable to the fubje& treated upon; by this means they obtain the degree of doctor; and when that is over they are pofl'efl'ed of fuch honour and credit, that the conveniencies of lilh foon after follow, becaufe they are certain of being pre fently m poli'eliion of a government. Even thole who wait for this poflt, when they return into their provinr ces, are very much refpeéted by the Mandarine of the place, their family is protected from troublefome mo leflations, and they there enjoy feveral privileges.
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