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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I felt that the teachings of the Chinese philosophers were more profound than the preaching of the Western missionaries. During those few years, I stayed away from Christianity and did not attend any of their meetings.
CWWL, 1985, vol. 2, "The Fullness of God," ch. 1: The Meaning of the Fullness of God—the Creation of Man Being for the Fullness of God
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I guess I have to say that I cannot agree with him on this matter. He was saved by the Lord in 1925 when he was 20. Hencefore, we know he was so enthusiastic learning Christian truths, meaning he was not so involved in studying Confucian philosophies. Generally, China/Korea/Japan/Vietnam could be classifed as having been influenced by Confucianism deeply and the people of those countries have been influnced by Confucian doctrines, but this does not mean ordinary people are so familiar with the deep philosophical aspects of Confucianism. (Just like most of Westen people have been under the influence of Christianity, but not as good at profound Christian theologies) In addition, Neo-Confucianism is so abstract a cosmology and most of Asian people cannot understand without corresponding academic hard-training, which I cannot find in WL's books. I remember he talked about the first part of Great Learing(大學, rougly speaking an Asian equivalent of Politeia by Plato), one of sacred Confucian books on the purpose of a kingdom. His explanation about it was too basic to regard him as an expert on the subject.