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Feng employs a Confucian view of the functioning of government, asserting that the positions, stances, and actions of the Emperor, and of government, stand as a model for society, and inspire the positions and actions of the people. Further, he anticipates critiques based on citations of classical texts, and argues that while repelling barbarians, and refusing to adopt their ways, are highly praised in Confucianism, "when we speak of repelling the barbarians, we must have the actual means to repel them, and not just empty bravado,"<ref>de Bary, 47.</ref> thus defending his push for the adoption of Western military technology. He also advocated the establishment of schools and translation bureaus in [[Canton]] and [[Shanghai]] where Chinese youths could be educated in Western languages, geography, and mathematics.

Feng employs a Confucian view of the functioning of government, asserting that the positions, stances, and actions of the Emperor, and of government, stand as a model for society, and inspire the positions and actions of the people. Further, he anticipates critiques based on citations of classical texts, and argues that while repelling barbarians, and refusing to adopt their ways, are highly praised in Confucianism, "when we speak of repelling the barbarians, we must have the actual means to repel them, and not just empty bravado,"<ref>de Bary, 47.</ref> thus defending his push for the adoption of Western military technology. He also advocated the establishment of schools and translation bureaus in [[Canton]] and [[Shanghai]] where Chinese youths could be educated in Western languages, geography, and mathematics.

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