"If the Chinese will not learn the true principles of government, all else will be useless. Knowledge is power, and although a country may be weak, still, if it possess but a modicum of knowledge, the enemy will not be able to completely overthrow it; although that country may be in danger, the race will not be extirpated."

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About Zhang Zhidong

Zhang Zhidong was a Qing dynasty official and reformer in late imperial China. He advocated military, educational, and industrial modernization during the Self-Strengthening era.

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