The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-06-16

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From California letter in the Gin. Commercial.
SUN FuNN AS \ PHILOSOPHER
have lately made the discovery that
my faithful body servant, Sum Funn. has
an intellect which is by no means to be
sneeZed at, CHANGING one day to engage
nm ma philosophical discussion, | went
on to speak of DR., Darwin-his theory:
and when impaired to him the intorma.
liOn that that distinguished sdUant held
that the human race Is originally descend.
ed from the monkey tribe, it made his
eyes stand out like a couple of Lima
beans, But he quickly "coppered my
ace and went me one better. lie in.
formed me that the Chinese had theory
which was tens Of thousands Of years
older than DR.. Darwin's, and which,
TO some at least, accounted Tar
more satisfactorily for the origin of
mankind He tells INC that it is
the tradition OF the Chinese RatiOnalists
that the world was created out Of chaos
by Pwan KoO, answering to our Adam,
who labored at that great enterprise
eighteen thousand years, and then died
for its benefit; and that from his flesh
came the fields from his bones the rocks
and mountains; from his halr and whis-
kcrs the stars; from his breath wind, etc;
and lastly, (Oh DR.. Darwin, shuttle the
cards again. from the insects on his body,
the human race Sum Funn subsequently
embodied these views in the sonnet given
below, but II Is not just TO him as phi.
losopher to present that without first al.
lowing him TO state, in his own words, a
preliminary outline Of his religious and
philosophical tenets.
SUM FUNN HIM DOCTRINE.
Sum Funn he wish to say TO ale -Four
Sea an Nine Island dat vc stick TO Chince
him religion, an he one faitrul and inCOm-
plehcnsiblc Buddhist. Me despse desc
Tanisl, vat you call himself Nationalist.
Omita Fuh (he call some Buddha) hc bG.
liCvG dat ven one ChinCC man come die,
he go 10 lie NGstin Legion, and climb up
one ladlch, vcrG he sec Buddha an be
happy; but desc Nationalist man he believe
noting be ting noting, he he noting He
link sOmCting bC noting, nn noting he
nothing.-Olln noting Ven you sec him,
den yOn dent see him; ven you feel him,
den you don't feel him. lie Oint dGre.
One OF Ouh glcat sage, II Yin, he say,
"YOu be you, and me be me-" but desc
Nationalist tini he be somebody else, and
dat somebody else be noting One Budd.
hist man he say "OmiM Fuh" five tousand
time one day, be 90 10 happy Vestin lie.
gion; but desc lati0nalist man he tink
one man.tansmiglalc and come one woman;
den he tansmiglNle one time moe, and
tuhn out one cal, may he; den once moe,
and dnt let him out lie come out tans.
CGndcntally nix. lie he swallowed up in
the gleat belly OF Leason.
YOuh gleat Mclean poet, vOt you call
himself, Spokcshave, he say, "To be or
not to be, dat be de question Kong Foo
Tsac man he tlnk he be; but desc Ration.
alist man he don't tink he he.
Duh glGat sage, Kong Foo Tsae, hab
too muChc sense TO say how dis void be;
gin. Any ting ho can SEQ or tech, dat he
sable; but ven one Nationalist man come
sec something he no sable him. lie sab.
be only tiDgs vat no man has even seed.
KOO Foo TsaG he no try IL explain how
dis yO'ld begin, but Nationalist man eX.
plain him. You say dis glGat Mclean
man, vat you call himself, Doctah Dab.
win, tink we glOwed from one monkey,
and one time hO hab one tail But he hab
no use lOll him, so ono time he come lose,
him, come develop him off. Nc tink he
live he'e in FliscO, we're de Ileas and flies
too muCllce use foh him, he had him yet.