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Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2)

Note 168 — XXIV. MISS A-PAO; OR, PERSEVERANCE REWARDED.

Herbert Allen Giles translation

This is occasionally done, great influence or a heavy bribe being brought to bear upon the Examiners, of whom there are only two for the Master’s degree, and the second of these, or Assistant-Examiner, holds but a subordinate position. See Appendix A, and No. LXXV., note 426. return to text

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