单选题 It can be inferred that the Imperial Rescript of 1890______.

A、 was a protest by liberals against the lack of individual liberty in Japan
B、 marked a return in government policies to conservative values
C、 implemented the ideals set forth in the Education Code of 1872
D、 was influenced by the Leninist ideology of the Bolshevik Revolution

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】文章第一段提到西方自由主义思想对日本产生了重要的影响，但是根据“but he was not able to prevent the government from turning back to the canons of Confucian thought in the Imperial Rescript of 1890．”可知，无法阻止1890 年天皇诏书恢复儒家思想的一些准则。