Confucius Was A Humanist And An Agnostic.

Within My Own Life, I Read All The Beloved Novels By Lamps Of Vegetable Oil; I Saw The Standard Oil Invading My Own Village, I Saw Gas Lamps In The Chinese Shops In Shanghai; And I Saw Their Elimination By Electric Lights.

In The Year 1915 A Series Of Trivial Incidents Led Some Chinese Students In Cornell University To Take Up The Question Of Reforming The Chinese Language.

It Is Only Through Contact And Comparison That The Relative Value Or Worthlessness Of The Various Cultural Elements Can Be Clearly And Critically Seen And Understood.

Confucius Was A Humanist And An Agnostic.

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.