Great Religions of the World (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Great Religions of the World (Classic Reprint) written by Herbert Allen Giles and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Great Religions of the World His first journeyings were through the various states of the Chinese Empire, whose princes he earnestly urged to establish wise and peaceful administrations. While doing so he also made himself intimate with all ranks of society, pleading for the pro motion of virtue and social order. Within three years he is said to have effected a thorough change in the moral condition of the country and to have gained three thousand disciples, ten of whom were so thoroughly informed on all the then essentials of knowledge that they became known as the ten wise men of China. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.