Ebook Sage

Hina has three great religions: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Buddhism, from India, was admitted the first century of the Christian era. The three religions are often professed by the same individual. Religious toleration is universal, and little bitterness is manifested among the rival devotees of the three Churches. This is not owing to liberality, but want of earnestness and conscientious convictions. Kung-foo-tsz, Latinized Confucius, is pre-eminently the philosopher, teacher, and leader of China. He is not only the patron saint, but the deified hero of all the people. His descendants are a distinct and honored class. The most famous temple of China is built over his grave.