And lastly, the political revolutions from 1911 to the present time have done more to bring about tremendous social changes everywhere than even the economic and industrial changes and the new schools.

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For all the social changes in China can be traced to their early beginnings in...

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After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish...

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

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

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

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

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

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

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Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.