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The Most Outstanding Characteristic Of Eastern Civilization Is To Know Contentment, Whereas That Of Western Civilization Is Not To Know Contentment. Contented Easterners Are Satisfied With Their Simple Life And Therefore Do Not Seek To Increase Their Material Enjoyment... They Are Satisfied With Their Present Lot And Environment And Therefore Do Not Want To Conquer Nature But Merely Be At Home With Nature And At Peace With Their Lot.

The Jesuits Had Learned That A Christian Mission To China Could Never Succeed If It Were Not In A Position To Show And Convince The Chinese Intelligentsia Of The Superiority Of The European Culture.

Life And Human Society Are The Chief Concern Of Confucianism And, Through It, The Chief Concern Of The Chinese People.

Confucius Was A Humanist And An Agnostic.

It Is True That The Chinese Are Not So Religious As The Hindus, Or Even As The Japanese; And They Are Certainly Not So Religious As The Christian Missionaries Desire Them To Be.