Chinese Chronology and Cycles

challenge original: "contest" this sentiment. This issue also arises because these ideas have found some encouragement and support from various writers who, having lived closely among the Chinese, were incautiously led to accept their claims of superior antiquity and civilization too easily. This resulted from an excessive admiration for Chinese institutions and a readiness to believe original: "credulousness" in the alleged ancient origins of their timeline original: "chronology".

This false assumption of superiority, based on an alleged antiquity, has been—and remains—a major obstacle original: "bar" to the Chinese people's acceptance of the truths of Christianity. Consequently, the civilizing power of the Christian view of humanity and its mutual social relationships is lost to the Chinese.

Therefore, with the goal of correcting this unreasonable view of Chinese history, the following research has been undertaken. It investigates the questions surrounding Chinese assumptions and attempts to show that their claims are groundless.

Since most works dealing with Chinese timelines and history are written in French or other foreign languages—which are difficult to obtain nowadays—and because it is desirable to make them more accessible to English readers through translations of relevant sections, this research has been compiled with those needs in mind. The goal is to provide an English-language reference for information and study regarding...