Thomas Paine, who was one of America’s one of America's revolutionary thinkers, actually compared Confucius to Jesus Christ.
To Thomas Jefferson, China’s ability to isolate itself from the world and find virtue in this unilateral state was admirable.
Those who visited the country, like Captain Amasa Delano from Massachusetts, a master mariner, shipbuilder, and author, said of China that it “is the first for greatness, riches and grandeur of any country ever known.”
Those who visited the country, like Captain Amasa Delano from Massachusetts, a master mariner, shipbuilder, and author, said of China that it “is the first for greatness, riches and grandeur of any country ever known.”