What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty.

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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...

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.

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

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...

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

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...

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...

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,...

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...