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David Cockayne's avatar

I've alway been puzzled by the 5000 years of Chinese history notion, not least of all because it seems to be almost universally accepted, and not just in China. I once asked a UK academic who had used the phrase approvingly, who exactly the king of China was in 3000 BC. Even the legendary Yao and Shun do not go back quite so far.

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Joseph Shaw's avatar

Thanks Cindy. Great Times article!

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