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Q: "Why didn't you tell U.S. allies…about the war before attacking Iran?" President Trump: "We wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"

As an introduction to Chinese history, I would recommend Harvard's series on China's dynasties (I've read all except the Ming book) Each volume examines the dynasty's rise, economy, social & cultural life, wars & rebellions and fall Each one is about 300 pages, easy to read

Islam is false. Christianity is true.

We need to Christianize Japan 🔥

An Announcement of Evil! The Time When the Sun and Moon Deviated From Their Natural Courses. According to the "Book of Poetry 詩經" in an ode attributed to the Final King of the Western Zhou Dynasty - 十月之交、朔日辛卯。 日有食之、亦孔之醜。 彼月而微、此日而微。 今此下民、亦孔之哀。 "At the conjunction of the sun and moon in the tenth month, On the first day of the moon, which was hsin-mâo, The sun was eclipsed, A thing of very evil omen. Before, the moon became small, And now the sun became small. Henceforth the lower people Will be in a very deplorable case." 日月告凶、不用其行。 四國無政、不用其良。 彼月而食、則維其常。 此日而食、于何不臧。 "The sun and moon announce evil, Not keeping to their proper paths. Throughout the kingdom there is no (proper) government, Because the good are not employed. For the moon to be eclipsed Is but an ordinary matter. Now that the sun has been eclipsed,-- How bad it is!" 㷸㷸震電、不寧不令。 百川沸騰、山冢崒崩。 高岸為谷、深谷為陵。 哀今之人、胡憯莫懲。 "Grandly flashes the lightning of the thunder. There is a want of rest, a want of good. The streams all bubble up and overflow. The crags on the hill-tops fall down. High banks become valleys; Deep valleys become hills. Alas for the men of this time! How does (the king) not stop these things?" Full Citation - James Legge, trans., The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part I, vol. 3 of The Sacred Books of the East, ed. F. Max Müller (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879), 355 (Minor Odes, Decade 4, Ode 9) --------------------- My commentary - This ode is normally attributed to - King You 幽王 (traditionally dated reign dates of 781 BC - 771 BC) He was the Final King of the "Western Zhou Dynasty" before it was partitioned and the royal court moved to the east by King Ping 平王. I believe the Sun and Moon deviating from their natural courses is a genuine event of the 8th Century BC, though not one associated with King You. I have many points I want to draw attention to. --------------------- Point Number 1 - I want to bring special attention to the phrase - "日有食之" James Legge translates this as - "The sun was eclipsed" I very much dislike the use of the word "eclipse." Because when it is used in the English speaking world, most people would automatically assume the following - "The sun was eclipsed (by the moon)" But that is not what this phrase says, a more accurate translation, into English, would be - "The sun was eaten" The radical - 食 means "to eat/devour/consume" The Moon is not the only celestial body capable of "eclipsing" the Sun, even though it is the body that does so the most often. Scholars have tried to used astronomical computer computations to try to date these kind of events on the assumption that these events are always referring to the Moon eclipsing the Sun. --------------------- Point Number 2 - Given the above point I made. The problem of using astronomical computer computations to calculate events in the past, is exasterbasted, as this event demonstrates that the SUN and MOON, in the past, have deviated from their natural courses. This would disrupt all modern assumptions that our sky of today was the same sky of 3000 years ago. ---------------------- Point Number 3 - The Final King of the Dynasty was Evil/Negligent/Irresponsible/Reckless Trope of Chinese History. Once again do we have evidence that the events that occurred during the reign of King You has been altered/fabricated/exaggerated. His use of watch tower fire beacons have been singled out as one that could not have been in use during his reign. He is normally attributed the dates 781-771 BC, BUT EVEN THESE ARE QUESTIONED, because of their reliance on the eclipse computation in his 6th year pinning it to 776 BC. --------------------- One thing is clear - The historical record of China, PRIOR, to the 8th Century BC (700's BC) cannot be dated using modern astronomical computer computations. -------

I presented on this manuscript in Utrecht. Basically, in Chinese omenology, human activities on earth are reflected in the heavens, rather than the reverse. I pointed out how this differs from Platonic concepts of the forms being expressed in material reality.