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In fact,the empire outside the capital was practically divided between theMinamoto, the Taira, and the Fujiwara families, so that anything likea feud could scarcely fail to have wide ramifications. In theseexaminations the important paper was in Chinese prose composition,which was much as if Latin p THE KOREAN QUESTION AGAINThe Formosan expedition took place in 1874, and, in the fall of 1875,a Korean fort opened fire on a Japanese warship which was engaged insurveying the coast. of the Ming dynastyled him to form a not very flattering estimate of that country'spower of resistance.

The recipients of these allowances totalled140, and it is on record that, in the year 1706, the reve With regard to the desire of Ieyasu to exploit the mining resourcesof his country, the fact is demonstrated by an incident whichoccurred at the time. CHINESE INTERFERENCEHaving suffered for their loyalty to China, the Koreans naturallylooked to her for succour. Takauji had been more highly laudedand more generously rewarded than Yoshisada, because the former hadrecovered Kyoto whereas the latter had only destroyed Kamakura.