The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-09


its story of the deluge.
when nearly all life perished from the
earth. Its literature tells the story of
Nuh OF the mighty floods, the escape in
an ark. and of the resting upon Mount
Ay-Ahr-At, in Eastern Tribet. Conceding
that the Chinese nation perhaps Is the
oldest OF men. that vessels of the type
of the ark still float on its rivers, and
that certain texts Of Scripture are cleared
when read In the light OF Chinese
origin of the deluge story. the conclu-
sion has been reached that the Noah of
the Bible was a Chinese.
From the Bible the beginning Of the
sixth chapter of Genesis. which has been
puzzling 10 the orthodox. may be taken
in new light. IL reads. And II came
10 pass when men began TO multiply
on the face OF the earth. and daughters
were born unto them, that the sons of
God saw the daughters OF men that they
were fair: and they took them wives OF
all which they chose"
Chinese scholars are struck by this
passage more than by any other
In the dsluge story In Genesis.
To the Christian the phrase; Sons OF
God" has been unintelliglhle, but in the
books Of the Chinese all Chinese claim
70 be descended from heaven. Their en-
peror Is the son Of heaven. Their en-
pire Is the Celestial Kingdom. and ey-
erywhere they are called Ceiesfials As
pointing 20 the Chinese orogin Of the
story, the significance OF the wording viii
not be lost
In tho same sixth chapter IS the para
graph: There were giants IN the earth
in those days. and also after that when
the sons OF God came In unto the daugh-
tiers Of men. and they bore children 70
them. the same became mighty men which
were OF old, men % repown."
Biblical students have spent much study
upon these paragraphs. Indicating that
two races inhabited the earth. one Of
them OF divine origin. The Chinese source
Of the story o. the deuge would clear
away the seeming cuaGict In tho last
paragraph, too. the reference 60 giants
IS the emily reference % the Kind IN
the Bible. which e. significant for the
reason that the Chinese believe THAI man
Is descended from giants. not asoen5ea
from monkeys.
Again. IA the tenth chapter q Genesis.
as children % the SONS of Noah. are
named the Hivife. and the Arkita. and
the stnita~ Sinas. or sluin. was the
ancient name 81 China. coming from
the sanskrit Isaiah mentions II as
Stain
Now. Ms accounting for ali these nhe-
nouleBa In the Scriptures. 90 Ia believed
that Moses, OK whpeyes wrote Genesis
Aaa seen ihe Aaliatef BOOK or historical
Records" with IT'S account % the food,
anS 50 based bis story upon Il.
In the Beginning ef the argument THAI
Noah was a Chinese. TIE rev theorists
advance the fact that China e the home
90 the oldest civilization. Chinese chro-
unloGies have advanced the statement
tha; the world existed 19G.eo years be-
fore Confpcius. who lived - years before
Christ. Ia this. TOO, biologists are more
satisfied than IT. the estimate o. the Jews.
which dates the creation only 3se5 years
before the coming 1f Christ,
Eighteen hundred years before the pres
ems chronology the Chinese nation had
a literature and % this the Book OF
the Changes" and the Book Of Histo-
Tical Records" survived the intolerance
Of Emperor Che Hwsng-u. This ruler
Of Tia TA-a IL nasty isausd A. eaict u