And, young as they were, could they remain faithful to their Confucian upbringing under the influence of Western civilization? The Ching court approached this unprecedented experiment rather cautiously.
第二：清廷選的是「資性穎悟、稍通中國文理」的未成年兒童，在強大西洋文明的薰陶下，難保不「喪失禮教及士大夫修養」。