After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country.

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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...

The rise of the dramas in the thirteenth century, and the rise of the great...

The rise of the dramas in the thirteenth century, and the rise of the great...

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...

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...

It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even...

It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even...

The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development.

The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development.

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...

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

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...

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...

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...

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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;...

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...