Another author, Mr. Creel, has attempted recently, in "The Birth of China," to throw some light upon those dark ages about which hundreds of hooks have been written by so-called Chinese historians, but which are based more on imagination and legends than upon historical focis. Yet although Mr, Creel dogs not attempt to clarify such a problem further than 14 centuries B.C. he nevertheless admits that there is considerable doubt regarding the origin of the Chinese race and the early conditions of the Chinese civilization previous to the Tcheou Dynasty, that is to say, six, or seven hundred years before the Christian era.
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