Qing intellectuals argued all world holy men were born in Asia.

Evidence

In Chinese history, there were numerous holy men… . In Europe before the time of Jesus, Moses was considered to be the holy man; then Jesus became the holy man… . Buddha was born in India, Jesus was born in Judea, Mohammed was born in Arabia, all in Asia. Europe and America never produced a holy man. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 365

Categorization

• CANDY: A compact point worth repeating: Buddha, Jesus, and Mohammed all Asian births — Europe never produced a prophet in this telling.