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Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way for parents to control you even after they're dead.

— David Henry Hwang

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so religious as the Christian missionaries desire them to be.

— Hu Shih

The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development.

— Hu Shih

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

— Jinato Hu

Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.

— Martin Yan

In the schools of the Western countries, there is always the subject 'Religion.' The Classics are China's religion.

— Zhang Zhidong

During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.

— Xi Jinping

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

— Hu Shih

I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries.

— Jayne Meadows

✗Opposing Perspectives

But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the Chinese are not religious.

— Hu Shih

No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India.

— Hu Shih