Christianity is steadily progressive


Chapter II.

Confucius and the Chinese, or the Prose of Asia.

§ 1. Peculiarities of Chinese Civilization
§ 2. Chinese Government based on Education. Civil-Service Examinations
§ 3. Life and Character of Confucius
§ 4. Philosophy and subsequent Development of Confucianism
§ 5. Lao-tse and Tao-ism
§ 6. Religious Character of the "Kings."
§ 7. Confucius and Christianity. Character of the Chinese
§ 8. The Tae-ping Insurrection
Note. The Nestorian Inscription in China


Chapter III.

Brahmanism.

§ 1. Our Knowledge of Brahmanism. Sir William Jones
§ 2. Difficulty of this Study. The Complexity of the System. The
Hindoos have no History. Their Ultra-Spiritualism
§ 3. Helps from Comparative Philology. The Aryans in Central Asia
§ 4. The Aryans in India. The Native Races. The Vedic Age. Theology
of the Vedas
§ 5. Second Period. Laws of Manu. The Brahmanic Age
§ 6. The Three Hindoo Systems of Philosophy,--The Sankhya, Vedanta,