_Hiu-Chin_, who lived under the dynasty of the Hans, is the author of a Chinese dictionary called _Choueven_ in which he has preserved many ancient traditions. He wrote about the beginning of the Christian era. Explaining the character Y he says: In the first beginning reason subsisted in unity. Reason made and divided Heaven and Earth; converted and perfected all things. And _Tao-Tse_, a contemporary of Confucius, who wrote the _Tao-te-King_, a book reputed very profound, said more than five hundred years before Christ: "That reason, _Tao_, produced one. That one produced two, that both produced three; and that three had produced all things." All early writers who have given an account of the religion of the ancient Peruvians, tell us that they worshiped a mighty unseen being who they believed had created all things, for which reason they called him _Pacha-camac_. He, being incomprehensible, they did not represent under any shape or figure, although they raised a magnificent temple in his honor on the sea coast that rivaled in wealth and splendor those dedicated to the Sun at Titicaca and Cuzco. We are also informed that He stood at the head of a trinity composed of Himself—_Pacha-camac_—_Con_—and _Uiracocha_. In this conception of a Supreme Being, Creator of all things, we see reflected the teachings of the _Popol-vuh_, Sacred book of the Quiches, in which we read, "that all that exists is the work of _Tzakol_—the Creator—who by his will caused the Universe to spring into existence, and whose names are _Bitol_—the maker—_Alom_—the engenderer—_Qaholom_—He who gives being." The fact that the same doctrine of a Supreme Deity composed of three parts distinct from each other, yet forming one, was universally prevalent among the civilized nations of America, Asia and the Egyptians, naturally leads to the inference that at some time or other, communications and relations more or less intimate have existed between them. They must, then, have imparted their traditions, metaphysical speculations, and intellectual attainments one to another. In fact, all historians agree with Philostratus and admit that commercial intercourse did exist between Egypt and India. Nay more, Eusebius asserts that in the reign of Memnon, king of Ethiopia, a body of Ethiopians from the countries about the Indus river migrated and settled in the valley of the Nile. And the many Chinese bottles, with inscriptions in that language, found in the tombs of Thebes, prove, beyond the least doubt, that communications have existed between the inhabitants of China and the Egyptians in times very remote, as is conjectured from the inferior quality of the bottles, that some seem to believe were manufactured before the art of making objects of porcelain reached the high degree of perfection to which it attained afterward.