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Hung
Ko
Hung Ko
did not enter the Civil Service until he was 52 years old. His family
consists of wealthy merchants in the southern seacoast prefecture of Chiung-chou.
As merchants, they were not of high enough rank to procure a recommendation
for him. However, their wealth made it possible to support Hung in many
years of study and three attempts to pass the forwarding examination.
At the age of 45, Hung passed. He traveled to Hangzhou to take the departmental
exam. Only one in every fifteen men passed that year. Hung was not among
them.
However,
he continued his studies while leading a blameless and moral life. Recognizing
Hungs service to his country and devotion to his family, the administrator
of Chiung-chou recommended Hung be allowed to take the easier facilitating
examination, and Hung passed. He is now assistant instructor in a subprefectural
government school.
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