China is sepcially interesting because the roots of its society goback to the Stone Age. It is the only one of the early societies wich has had an unbroken development all through history. Even today the education of Chinese boys and girls is uch the same as the education of the prophet Samuel by Eli. Its writings and records go back to 3000 B.C. Its first book on religion has come down from the time of its first Emperor, and is four or five thousand years old. This rist Emperor is said to have mad China a nunted land, the ' Celestial Empaire,' or Empire of God. But for hundres of years of its history—before Chirst and after—China was broken up amon feudal chiefs.
Between five and six hundred years before Chirst, Confucius was living in China, and to this day the
name of this great teacher of religion is deeply respected by his countrymen. He gave them rules for their behavior to their fathers, teachers, and all men. One of his cief sayings was " Have not! Be !"