Confucius Was A Humanist And An Agnostic.

Another Important Historical Factor Is The Fact That This Already Very Simple Religion Was Further Simplified And Purified By The Early Philosophers Of Ancient China. Our First Great Philosopher Was A Founder Of Naturalism; And Our Second Great Philosopher Was An Agnostic.

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.

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.

Historically, There Had Been Many Periods Of Chinese Renaissance.

On July 26, 1916, I Announced To All My Friends In America That From Now On I Resolved To Write No More Poems In The Classical Language, And To Begin My Experiments In Writing Poetry In The So-called Vulgar Tongue Of The People.