Educationin China :Eight-legged essay The eight-legged essay was a style of essay writing that had to be mastered to pass the imperial examinations .It is named so because it was divided into eight sections. (1)Opening:two sentences of prose whose function is to broach the topic (2)Amplification:five sentences of prose,elaboratingupon and clarify the : theme. (3)Preliminary exposition Prosaic writing (4)Initial argument a specified number sentences pairs written in parallel,developing the initial argument. (5)Central argument: (6)Latter argument (7)Final argument (8)Conclusion Eight-legged essay The eight-legged essay was a style of essay writing that had to be mastered to pass the imperial examinations .It is named so because it was divided into eight sections. (1) Opening: two sentences of prose whose function is to broach the topic (2) Amplification: five sentences of prose, elaborating upon and clarify the theme. (3) Preliminary exposition : Prosaic writing (4) Initial argument : a specified number sentences pairs written in parallel, developing the initial argument. (5) Central argument: (6) Latter argument (7) Final argument (8) Conclusion Education in China