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A book that seeks to analyse and comprehend the religious and philosophical thought of China down the ages. The book starts with a chapter on the cult of world forces in Pre-Confucian China and Pre-Sakyan India ( to 700 B.C). Chapter 2 discusses Confucius the historian and the Sakya-Simha the philosopher. Chapter 3 investigates the religion of empire-buildings, Neutrality and Eclecticism (350-100 B.C.). Chapter 4 is on God-Lore of China and India under the first emperors (350-100 B.C.). Chapter 5 notices the birth of Buddhism 9B.C 150 -1 100 AD). Chapter 6 is analyses the period of so-called Anarchy in China (220-618 A.D). Chapter 7 treats the beginning of Hindu culture a world power (300-600 A.D.). Chapter 8 is on the Augustan age of Chinese culture. Chapter 9 notices Japanese conscience, and the book ends with a chapter on Sino-Japanese Buddhism and Neo-Hinduism. This book is a reprint of the 1916 edition.