Confucius Was A Humanist And An Agnostic.

The Jesuits Had Learned That A Christian Mission To China Could Never Succeed If It Were Not In A Position To Show And Convince The Chinese Intelligentsia Of The Superiority Of The European Culture.

The Chinese People, Too, Went Through All Kinds Of Vicissitudes In Their Religious Development.

Historically, There Had Been Many Periods Of Chinese Renaissance.

And Revolutions Always Mean The Breakdown Of Old Authority.

Practically All The Prominent Leaders Of Thought In China Today Are Openly Agnostics And Even Atheists.