As a Chinese sage, Confucius, says, " Is it not a delight after all to have friends come from afar! "

我国先圣孔子说过，有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎。

This characteristic of being " at his ease in Zion" is found also in Chinese sages, and is, as a rule, absent from the sages produced by Christian civilizations, except when, like Goethe, they have deeply imbibed the spirit of Hellenism.

这种“安于锡安”的特征在中国圣贤身上也有，而基督教文明产生的圣贤一般是没有的，除非他们像歌德那样深深地吸收了希腊精神。