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79:8.3 [[Consciousness]] of past achievements (somewhat diminished in the [[present]]), the [[conservatism]] of an overwhelmingly [[agricultural]] people, and a well-[[developed]] [[family]] life equaled the [[birth]] of [[ancestor]] [[veneration]], culminating in the [[custom]] of so honoring the men of the [[past]] as to border on [[worship]]. A very similar [[attitude]] prevailed among the white races in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] for some five hundred years following the disruption of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Roman_world Graeco-Roman civilization].

79:8.3 [[Consciousness]] of past achievements (somewhat diminished in the [[present]]), the [[conservatism]] of an overwhelmingly [[agricultural]] people, and a well-[[developed]] [[family]] life equaled the [[birth]] of [[ancestor]] [[veneration]], culminating in the [[custom]] of so honoring the men of the [[past]] as to border on [[worship]]. A very similar [[attitude]] prevailed among the white races in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] for some five hundred years following the disruption of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Roman_world Graeco-Roman civilization].

79:8.4 The [[belief]] in, and [[worship]] of, the "One Truth" as taught by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:4._THE_FOUR_AND_TWENTY_COUNSELORS Singlangton] never entirely died out; but as [[time]] passed, the search for new and higher [[truth]] became [[overshadowed]] by a growing [[tendency]] to [[venerate]] that which was already [[established]]. Slowly the [[genius]] of the yellow race became diverted from the pursuit of the [[unknown]] to the [[preservation]] of the known. And this is the reason for the stagnation of what had been the world's most rapidly progressing [[civilization]].

79:8.4 The [[belief]] in, and [[worship]] of, the "One Truth" as taught by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:4._THE_FOUR_AND_TWENTY_COUNSELORS Singlangton] never entirely died out; but as [[time]] passed, the search for new and higher [[truth]] became [[overshadowed]] by a growing [[tendency]] to [[venerate]] that which was already [[established]]. Slowly the [[genius]] of the yellow race became diverted from the pursuit of the [[unknown]] to the [[preservation]] of the known. And this is the reason for the stagnation of what had been the world's most rapidly progressing [[civilization]].

79:8.5 Between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4000_BCE 4000] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_BC 500 B.C.] the [[political]] reunification of the yellow race was consummated, but the [[cultural]] [[union]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze Yangtze] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_river Yellow river] centers had already been effected. This [[political]] reunification of the later tribal [[groups]] was not without [[conflict]], but the societal [[opinion]] of [[war]] remained low; [[ancestor]] [[worship]], increasing [[dialects]], and no call for [[military]] [[action]] for thousands upon thousands of years had rendered this people ultrapeaceful.

79:8.5 Between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4000_BCE 4000] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_BC 500 B.C.] the [[political]] reunification of the yellow race was consummated, but the [[cultural]] [[union]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze Yangtze] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_river Yellow river] centers had already been effected. This [[political]] reunification of the later tribal [[groups]] was not without [[conflict]], but the societal [[opinion]] of [[war]] remained low; [[ancestor]] [[worship]], increasing [[dialects]], and no call for [[military]] [[action]] for thousands upon thousands of years had rendered this people ultrapeaceful.

*4. [[Development]] of a strong sense of [[duty]], the enhancement of [[morality]], and the augmentation of [[ethical]] [[sensitivity]].

*4. [[Development]] of a strong sense of [[duty]], the enhancement of [[morality]], and the augmentation of [[ethical]] [[sensitivity]].

79:8.11 The formative period of [[Chinese]] [[civilization]], opening with the coming of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites], continues on down to the great [[ethical]], [[moral]], and semireligious [[awakening]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Epoch_III sixth century before Christ]. And [[Chinese]] [[tradition]] preserves the hazy [[record]] of the [[evolutionary]] [[past]]; the transition from [[mother]]- to [[father]]-family, the [[establishment]] of [[agriculture]], the [[development]] of [[architecture]], the [[initiation]] of [[industry]]—all these are successively narrated. And this [[story]] presents, with greater accuracy than any other similar account, the picture of the [[magnificent]] [[ascent]] of a superior people from the levels of [[barbarism]]. During this time they passed from a [[primitive]] [[agricultural]] [[society]] to a higher social [[organization]] embracing [[cities]], [[manufacture]], [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy metalworking], [[commercial]] exchange, [[government]], [[writing]], [[mathematics]], [[art]], [[science]], and [[printing]].

79:8.11 The formative period of [[Chinese]] [[civilization]], opening with the coming of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites], continues on down to the great [[ethical]], [[moral]], and semireligious [[awakening]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Epoch_III sixth century before Christ]. And [[Chinese]] [[tradition]] preserves the hazy [[record]] of the [[evolutionary]] [[past]]; the transition from [[mother]]- to [[father]]-family, the [[establishment]] of [[agriculture]], the [[development]] of [[architecture]], the [[initiation]] of [[industry]]—all these are successively narrated. And this [[story]] presents, with greater accuracy than any other similar account, the picture of the [[magnificent]] [[ascent]] of a superior people from the levels of [[barbarism]]. During this time they passed from a [[primitive]] [[agricultural]] [[society]] to a higher social [[organization]] embracing [[cities]], [[manufacture]], [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy metalworking], [[commercial]] exchange, [[government]], [[writing]], [[mathematics]], [[art]], [[science]], and [[printing]].

79:8.12 And so the [[ancient]] [[civilization]] of the yellow race has [[persisted]] down through the centuries. It is almost forty thousand years since the first important advances were made in [[Chinese]] [[culture]], and though there have been many [[retrogression]]s, the civilization of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese sons of Han] comes the nearest of all to presenting an unbroken picture of continual [[progression]] right on down to the times of the [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth century]. The [[mechanical]] and [[religious]] [[developments]] of the white races have been of a high order, but they have never excelled the [[Chinese]] in [[family]] [[loyalty]], [[group]] [[ethics]], or [[personal]] [[morality]].

79:8.12 And so the [[ancient]] [[civilization]] of the yellow race has [[persisted]] down through the centuries. It is almost forty thousand years since the first important advances were made in [[Chinese]] [[culture]], and though there have been many [[retrogression]]s, the civilization of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese sons of Han] comes the nearest of all to presenting an unbroken picture of continual [[progression]] right on down to the times of the [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth century]. The [[mechanical]] and [[religious]] [[developments]] of the white races have been of a high order, but they have never excelled the [[Chinese]] in [[family]] [[loyalty]], [[group]] [[ethics]], or [[personal]] [[morality]].

79:8.14 Presented by an [[Archangel]] of [[Nebadon]].  

79:8.14 Presented by an [[Archangel]] of [[Nebadon]].  

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[[Category:Paper 79 - Andite Expansion in the Orient]]

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