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Chapter 24: Page 232 · Is Hong a follower of Confucius? · How is it possible that Confucius is, //The Teacher of Ten Thousand Generations// but that he died “almost without honor” (Bosse 237)? · What would Confucius have done about the starving people in the village?
 * 1) What is in Qufu, and why does Chen want to go there?
 * 2) At the tomb, Chen //kowtows// three times and Hong twice. Look up what //kowtow// means and explain what the boys do, why they do this, and what it signifies.
 * 3) Choose one of the following topics and write a well-constructed paragraph telling your personal thoughts on the topic, at least one instance from the book that supports your opinion, and an explanation of how this instance supports your opinion.