The Archive · 1927

China the Teacher

What China does not possess is Science, not Philosophy of Government, 'But the true content of the! philosophy of government, Europeans have still to learn from China. Gentlemen, you all know that Germany is the most learned country' in the world, but to-day the scholars of Germany are studying Chinese philosophy, and oven the doctrines of Tu 2 Buddhism in order to correct the defects of their science. The principle of Cosmopolitanism has only been manifested Europe during recent years, but in China it was spoken about more than 2,000 years ago. Up to the present, Europeans have not been' able to' recognize our own original civilization, so how could they realize that a world civilization, Based on the philosophy of government, had formerly been widely manifested amongst our 400,000,000 of people.

Speaking of the great virtues of the world, our 400,000,000 dearly ove peace, but because they have lost the idea of nationality, their original virtues and culture have not been made known, and at the present time have declined. As to the principle of Sosmopolitanism, now so much spoken of by Euro-yeans, it really is a principle frightfulness; the negation of Right. The English word "Might," to them means "Right," that is the right to destroy. The Chinese idea has always been opposed to this, they

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