... as far-reaching, and asdistinguished as any in the West. They are theChinese.CHINA’S EARLY PHASEHuman beings, modern Homo sapiens,appeared in China as early as any place in the world about ... flourishing in easternChina.With the end of the Han dynasty in A.D.220, China entered into a long period ofunrest. Along the Silk Road, trading trafficdeclined somewhat because the Chinese ... tolerated in the capital. A later Chinese work claims thatMingdi, having seen the Buddha in a dream,sent envoys to India to learn about his teach-ings; the envoys returned about the year 67,bringing...