The rise of the dramas in the thirteenth century, and the rise of the great novels in a later period, together with their frank glorification of love and the joys of life, may be called the Third Renaissance.

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On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now...

On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now...

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

The Jesuits had learned that a Christian mission to China could never succeed if it...

The Jesuits had learned that a Christian mission to China could never succeed if it...

In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell...

In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell...

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a...

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a...

No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience,...

No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience,...

It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the...

It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the...

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a...

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a...

Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil;...

Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil;...

On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual...

On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual...

Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even...

Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even...

But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the...

But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the...

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding.

In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding.

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

And lastly, the political revolutions from 1911 to the present time have done more to...

And lastly, the political revolutions from 1911 to the present time have done more to...

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief...

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief...

What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised...

What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised...

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can...

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can...

Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further...

Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further...