Yüan Shih-k‘ai, Gems of Chinese Literature — A Broken Oath (1922)
“ With reference to the establishment of government by the people and the various administrative measures to be drawn up, I am most anxious to exert my utmost strength in spreading and supporting the republican spirit; to scour out the flaws and filth of autocratic rule; to observe the constitutional laws in accordance with the will of the people; and to associate our State with peaceable and powerful countries, so that the five great members [1] of our nation may one and all derive happiness and profit therefrom. ”
