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79:8.1 While the red man suffered from too much [[warfare]], it is not altogether amiss to say that the [[development]] of [[statehood]] among the [[Chinese]] was delayed by the thoroughness of their [[conquest]] of [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia Asia]. They had a great [[potential]] of racial [[solidarity]], but it failed properly to [[develop]] because the continuous driving [[stimulus]] of the ever-present [[danger]] of external aggression was lacking.

79:8.1 While the red man suffered from too much [[warfare]], it is not altogether amiss to say that the [[development]] of [[statehood]] among the [[Chinese]] was delayed by the thoroughness of their [[conquest]] of [https://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia Asia]. They had a great [[potential]] of racial [[solidarity]], but it failed properly to [[develop]] because the continuous driving [[stimulus]] of the ever-present [[danger]] of external aggression was lacking.

79:8.2 With the completion of the [[conquest]] of [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Asia eastern Asia] the [[ancient]] [[military]] [[state]] [[gradually]] disintegrated—past wars were forgotten. Of the [[epic]] [[struggle]] with the red race there [[persisted]] only the hazy [[tradition]] of an [[ancient]] [[contest]] with the archer peoples. The [[Chinese]] early turned to [[agricultural]] pursuits, which contributed further to their [[pacific]] [[tendencies]], while a [[population]] well below the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-land_ratio land-man ratio] for [[agriculture]] still further [[contributed]] to the growing peacefulness of the country.

79:8.2 With the completion of the [[conquest]] of [https://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Asia eastern Asia] the [[ancient]] [[military]] [[state]] [[gradually]] disintegrated—past wars were forgotten. Of the [[epic]] [[struggle]] with the red race there [[persisted]] only the hazy [[tradition]] of an [[ancient]] [[contest]] with the archer peoples. The [[Chinese]] early turned to [[agricultural]] pursuits, which contributed further to their [[pacific]] [[tendencies]], while a [[population]] well below the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-land_ratio land-man ratio] for [[agriculture]] still further [[contributed]] to the growing peacefulness of the country.

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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] for some five hundred years following the disruption of [https://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 [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]].

79:8.4 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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4000_BCE 4000] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_BC 500 B.C.] the [[political]] reunification of the yellow race was consummated, but the [[cultural]] [[union]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze Yangtze] and [https://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.

79:8.6 Despite failure to fulfill the [[promise]] of an early [[development]] of advanced [[statehood]], the yellow race did progressively move forward in the [[realization]] of [[the arts]] of [[civilization]], especially in the realms of [[agriculture]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture]. The hydraulic problems faced by the agriculturists in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shensi Shensi] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honan Honan] demanded [[group]] co-operation for solution. Such irrigation and [[soil]]-[[conservation]] difficulties contributed in no small measure to the [[development]] of [[interdependence]] with the consequent promotion of [[peace]] among farming groups.

79:8.6 Despite failure to fulfill the [[promise]] of an early [[development]] of advanced [[statehood]], the yellow race did progressively move forward in the [[realization]] of [[the arts]] of [[civilization]], especially in the realms of [[agriculture]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture]. The hydraulic problems faced by the agriculturists in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shensi Shensi] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honan Honan] demanded [[group]] co-operation for solution. Such irrigation and [[soil]]-[[conservation]] difficulties contributed in no small measure to the [[development]] of [[interdependence]] with the consequent promotion of [[peace]] among farming groups.

79:8.7 Soon [[developments]] in [[writing]], together with the [[establishment]] of schools, contributed to the [[dissemination]] of [[knowledge]] on a previously unequaled scale. But the cumbersome [[nature]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideographic_writing ideographic writing] system placed a numerical [[limit]] upon the learned classes despite the early [[appearance]] of [[printing]]. And above all else, the [[process]] of [[social]] [[standardization]] and religio-philosophic [[dogmatization]] continued apace. The [[religious]] [[development]] of [[ancestor]] [[veneration]] became further complicated by a flood of [[superstitions]] involving [[nature]] [[worship]], but lingering vestiges of a real [[concept]] of [[God]] remained preserved in the imperial [[worship]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang_Ti Shang-ti].

79:8.7 Soon [[developments]] in [[writing]], together with the [[establishment]] of schools, contributed to the [[dissemination]] of [[knowledge]] on a previously unequaled scale. But the cumbersome [[nature]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideographic_writing ideographic writing] system placed a numerical [[limit]] upon the learned classes despite the early [[appearance]] of [[printing]]. And above all else, the [[process]] of [[social]] [[standardization]] and religio-philosophic [[dogmatization]] continued apace. The [[religious]] [[development]] of [[ancestor]] [[veneration]] became further complicated by a flood of [[superstitions]] involving [[nature]] [[worship]], but lingering vestiges of a real [[concept]] of [[God]] remained preserved in the imperial [[worship]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang_Ti Shang-ti].

79:8.8 The great weakness of [[ancestor]] [[veneration]] is that it promotes a backward-looking [[philosophy]]. However wise it may be to glean [[wisdom]] from the [[past]], it is [[folly]] to regard the past as the exclusive [[source]] of [[truth]]. Truth is [[relative]] and expanding; it lives always in the [[present]], achieving new [[expression]] in each [[generation]] of men—even in each [[human]] life.

79:8.8 The great weakness of [[ancestor]] [[veneration]] is that it promotes a backward-looking [[philosophy]]. However wise it may be to glean [[wisdom]] from the [[past]], it is [[folly]] to regard the past as the exclusive [[source]] of [[truth]]. Truth is [[relative]] and expanding; it lives always in the [[present]], achieving new [[expression]] in each [[generation]] of men—even in each [[human]] life.

*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 [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]].

79:8.11 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]], [https://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 [https://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 [https://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]].

79:8.13 This [[ancient]] [[culture]] has [[contributed]] much to [[human]] [[happiness]]; millions of [[human beings]] have lived and died, [[blessed]] by its achievements. For centuries this great [[civilization]] has rested upon the laurels of the [[past]], but it is even now reawakening to envision anew the [[transcendent]] goals of [[mortal]] [[existence]], once again to take up the unremitting [[struggle]] for never-ending [[progress]].

79:8.13 This [[ancient]] [[culture]] has [[contributed]] much to [[human]] [[happiness]]; millions of [[human beings]] have lived and died, [[blessed]] by its achievements. For centuries this great [[civilization]] has rested upon the laurels of the [[past]], but it is even now reawakening to envision anew the [[transcendent]] goals of [[mortal]] [[existence]], once again to take up the unremitting [[struggle]] for never-ending [[progress]].