The Jesuits had learned that a Christian mission to China could never succeed if it were not in a position to show and convince the Chinese intelligentsia of the superiority of the European culture.

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country.

For all the social changes in China can be traced to their early beginnings in the days when the new tools or vehicles of commerce and locomotion first brought the Chinese people into unavoidable contact with the strange ways and novel goods of the Western peoples.

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.

The overall strength of Chinese culture and its international influence is not commensurate with China's international status. The international culture of the West is strong while we are weak.

The Chinese culture belongs not only to the Chinese but also to the whole world.