India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

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,...

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;...

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...

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

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

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

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...

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.

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...