Author: Hu Shih

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Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.

- Hu Shih

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.

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.

- Hu Shih

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.

- Hu Shih

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country.

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country.

- Hu Shih

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