CHAPTER V.
China--Absence of any State Religion in China--Doctrine of the Lettered--Confucius--His Writings--Honors paid him in China-- Difficulties occasioned among Christian Missionaries--Lao-tze, founder of the Religion of Tao or Reason--His Writings-- Chinese Buddhists--Temple of Buddha at Pou-tou--General Feeling of the Chinese with regard to Religion 229