What college student hadn't undergone military training? Strict ones had military training throughout the first academic year. The ancient scholars' Six Arts—rites, music, archery, charioteering, literature, and mathematics—had long been revived. Even if not mastering all, mastering one was essential.
Rites: socializing, negotiating, foreign languages
Music: singing, playing instruments, lyric writing, composing
Archery: firearms, bows and arrows, artillery
Charioteering: horse riding, vehicle driving, boat piloting, aircraft piloting
Literature: soft and hard pen calligraphy, writing
Mathematics: mental arithmetic, abacus, logic, statistics, reasoning
If one couldn't master even one, let alone graduate, they couldn't even get a certificate of attendance.
