. The American encyclopedia of history, biography and travel . out the year 950, the art of printing was discovered, five centuries beforeit was known in Europe. The Song dynasty, says Schlosser, maintain-ed an intimate connection with Japan, as contrary to all Chinese maxims;the emperors of this dynasty imposed no limits to knowledge, the arts, life,luxury, and commerce with other nations. Their unhappy fate, therefore(on being extinguished with circumstances of special horror by the Mongolconqueror Kublai Khan, A. d. 1281), is held forth as a warning againstdeparting a hairsbreadth from the
. The American encyclopedia of history, biography and travel . out the year 950, the art of printing was discovered, five centuries beforeit was known in Europe. The Song dynasty, says Schlosser, maintain-ed an intimate connection with Japan, as contrary to all Chinese maxims;the emperors of this dynasty imposed no limits to knowledge, the arts, life,luxury, and commerce with other nations. Their unhappy fate, therefore(on being extinguished with circumstances of special horror by the Mongolconqueror Kublai Khan, A. d. 1281), is held forth as a warning againstdeparting a hairsbreadth from the old customs of the empire. From thetime of the destruction of the Song dynasty by the Mongol monarchy, theintercourse between China and Japan was broken, until again the Ming, anative Chinese dynasty (a. d. 1366) restored it. The Mongol rulersmade an expedition against Japan, but were unsuccessful. The unfortu-nate gift which the Japanese received from China was the doctrine of doctrine, however, was not the first foreign doctrine or foreign worship.
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