. Annals of medical history. the people, whether they be Taoists, Budd-hists or Confucianists. It is safe to say thatthe average Chinese, in order to be quiteon the safe side, espouses all three iaithsin a half-hearted way, and has no reallyserious conviction regarding any one of they were treading upon holy ground. Inthe sanctuary of the Taoist Temple of theUniverse, Christian Bibles, printed in Chin-ese, are quite openly offered for sale. Stacksof them may be seen in a cloud of incenseupon one of the sacrificial tables immedi-ately before the largest image. If RomanCatholic priests were to s
. Annals of medical history. the people, whether they be Taoists, Budd-hists or Confucianists. It is safe to say thatthe average Chinese, in order to be quiteon the safe side, espouses all three iaithsin a half-hearted way, and has no reallyserious conviction regarding any one of they were treading upon holy ground. Inthe sanctuary of the Taoist Temple of theUniverse, Christian Bibles, printed in Chin-ese, are quite openly offered for sale. Stacksof them may be seen in a cloud of incenseupon one of the sacrificial tables immedi-ately before the largest image. If RomanCatholic priests were to sell Chinese idolsunder the dome of St. Peters, we shouldIx- inclined to accuse them of live hundred years before Christ,Confucius begged the nation to be sincere Taoist Ideas of Human Anatomy 309 and to refrain from contemplation of thesupernatural: Be sincere and men will trust you. Make conscientiousness and sincerity yourmain object. I do not see how a man without sinceritycan be good for anything. ^ersa. Fic. 16. The spirit which is held responsible for protectingthe Nan Ching. Before we are able to do our study by theliving, how can we do it by the spirits of thedead? Giles, Lionel. The Sayings of Confucius. TheWisdom of the East Series. John Murray, London,1912. Before we know what Hfe is, how can weknow what death is? Absorption in the study of the supernaturalis most harmful. Why, it may then be asked, do the peoplefly right in the face of the Masters teach-ing? The ignorant are perhaps inspired byfear, the educated by a reluctance to loseface. Their forefathers have bent the kneeand offered incense for forty centuries. Itwould be presumptuous for them to fail inthe practice and thus to repudiate theactions of their long line of ancestors. Moreperhaps than any other nation on Earth,the Chinese treasure their past. In theOffice of Imperial Physicians,* an image ofHuangti, the mythical father of Chinesemedicine, is worshipped twice a year andthe practice
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