On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:33:31 -0400, RichA wrote:

Nothing proves that, not a thing. Chinese lived disorder lives (they
were essentially a hodgepodge of feudal states) before Western
influence penetrated their culture. The only order came from
servitude to a ruling class that made the European elite look like
egalitarians. IMO, you've got that typical wide-eyed Western view of
the Chinese that just does not match reality.
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You know less about the Chinese than you do about Communism.

The hodge podge of feudal states that had an armada of ships engaged
in trade over the Pacific rim and to southern Africa while the king of
England was beheading his wives because they could not bear him a son.

I could go on. But you would be bored to death. You simply do not
understand the oriental culture and their religions.

james