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Hung K’o

Hung K’o did not enter the Civil Service until he was 52 years old. His family consists of wealthy merchants in the southern seacoast prefecture of Ch’iung-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 Hung’s service to his country and devotion to his family, the administrator of Ch’iung-chou recommended Hung be allowed to take the easier facilitating examination, and Hung passed. He is now assistant instructor in a subprefectural government school.

Tsai Pen-Chung
Chang Wei

Hung K’o