"Shizi" is the earliest of the Syncretist texts. But Pico never renounced his syncretist convictions. It lists the "Shizi" as one of twenty texts in the Syncretist section (tr. The syncretist project of Positive Christianity was abandoned in 1940. Some historic religious sects, both Christian and syncretist, have made nudism a general practice. By 1940, Hitler had abandoned even the syncretist idea of a positive Christianity. It was a syncretist philosophy which brought together texts and elements from many schools. The Syncretist Strife had the result of lessening religious hatred and of promoting mutual forbearance. Many of their descendants observe a syncretist form of Christian worship known as Xueta Christianity. For example, the Syncretist "Huainanzi" quotes the "Shizi" 27 times (Le Blanc 1985&colon;83).