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The Man Who Changed China's Language
The man's name wong jow. Born in 18 50, the last year of the opium wars. Wang jow lived through the events of the century of humiliation. He himself was known to be very swarthy, very strong. He has great integrity. Begoge, was he difficult. Coming from a military family background, he became a bureaucrat in the ching dynasty,. And he really had deep loyalties to the empire. But still, he was very wary where the empire was going and felt that what was really important for china's future destiny was the language. So after two years in japan, he smuggled himself back into china disguised as a monk