For example, Ku Hung-ming had studied in Europe for many years. After the revolution which led to the founding of the Republic, he retained his queue, indicating that he remained loyal to the Qing court. Nevertheless, seeing as he was literate in English, French, German, Greek, and Latin, and had studied English literature, he was hired as a professor of English poetry.
譬如辜鴻銘，留學歐洲多年，辛亥革命後，仍留蓄長辮，表示效忠清室，但他精通英法德希臘文，對英國文學深有研究，所以請他講授「英詩」。