Partly because it has never been monotheistic , china has rarely had the universalistic ambitions of western states .
部分原因是中国从未被“一神思想”主宰,中国也很少有西方国家那种“普救”的野心。
" The creed [ upon which america was founded ] was widely seen as both progressive and universalistic : it accorded with the future , and it was open to all " ( everett carll ladd ) .