The Chinese Empire: Origin, development, and the problem of religion - Softcover

Cordier, Henri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1523735546 ISBN 13: 9781523735549

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

This book traces the origin and development of Chinese empire and exposes the problem of religion in the history of China. "The question of the origin of the Chinese has been discussed by several foreign savants: Gust. Schlegel made a comparison between the primitive roots of the Chinese and Aryan languages; the theory of an Egyptian origin has found favor with Kircher, Mairan, De Guignes, and Pauthier. Terrien de Lacouperie has pushed to the limit the theory of so-called Bak tribes migrating from Elam to the banks of the Hwang-ho, 2500 B.C., and taking with them the civilization of what was later China…."

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1523735546
• ISBN 13: 9781523735549
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160