"In none of his writings to which I have had access, does there appear a disposition to judge too favourably of Chinese notions, but the reverse."
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James Legge, The Notions of the Chinese Concerning God and Spirits (1852)
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Claude de Visdelou
Claude de Visdelou (12 August 1656 – 11 November 1737) was a French Jesuit missionary.
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