"God hates the proud, and is kind to the humble."
[7] The means by which the Buddhist religion entered China are
remarkable. A certain Chinese emperor once read in the book of
Confucius this sentence, "The true saint will be found in the
West." He thought a great deal about it; at last he dreamed about
it. He was so much struck by his dream that he sent two of his
great lords to look for the true religion in the West. When they
reached India, they found multitudes worshipping Buddha. This
Buddha was a wicked man who had been born in India a thousand
years before. The Chinese messengers believed all the absurd
histories they heard about Buddha, and they returned to China
with a book which had been written about him. Ah! had they gone
as far as Canaan they might have heard Paul and Peter preaching
the Gospel. Alas! why did they go no further, and why did they go
so far, only to return to China with idols!