Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s9.t8.20

v1.c7.s9.t8.20

In 1893, Vivekananda had been to China on his way to Chicago to attend the World Religions Conference. He visited Guangzhou, Hong Kong and other places and had certain understanding of China. In addition, he was very concerned about the history and current situation of China, there were many discussions about China in his works, like he said, “Though today’s China seems like an unorganised group, however in her great prime period, she had the most enviable organisation not known to any country. A lot of skills and creation which we may call as modern have been carried out centuries or even thousands of years ago in China. One example is the competitive imperial examination system. “(Complete Works of Swami *Vivekananda*, volume 5, page 129)