The Sun Exactly At Noon Is Exactly

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.

But I Wish To Point Out That It Is Entirely Wrong To Say That The Chinese Are Not Religious.

The Knowledge That Mankind Needs Is Not The Way Or Principle Which Has An Absolute Existence, But The Particular Truths For Here And Now And For Particular Individuals. Absolute Truth Is Imaginary, Abstract, Vague, Without Evidence, And Cannot Be Demonstrated.

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.

No Student Of Chinese History Can Say That The Chinese Are Incapable Of Religious Experience, Even When Judged By The Standards Of Medieval Europe Or Pious India.