Re: SJ et al 's Theories [was Re: lunar aspect of Egyptian Horus Eye series]

a.manansala_at_attbi.com
Date: 03/03/05 

Date: 3 Mar 2005 07:12:49 -0800

Dylan Sung wrote:
> "Tak To" <takto@alum.mit.edu.-> wrote in message
> news:UdGdnR6sLsNnpLvfRVn-jw@comcast.com...
> > a.manansala@attbi.com wrote:
> >> I think SJ was going a bit far with the undefeatable Dongyi bit.
> >
> In the Shijing, the lands to north of old Shang territory as far as
the
> state of Yan were given over to Zhou's loyal commanders. It was three
years
> from conquest till the Zhou King gave audience to Jizi (aka Kija) to
ask him
> to help manage the remaining Shang peoples, but he declined. In later
tales
> it says he went to Chaoxian (Chosen). If this latter bit is
mythology, then
> that leaves the problem of how so many Dongyi passed through Zhou
controlled
> territory to end up in the "Korean territory" without much comment or

> conflict.
>

So was SJ right about the super-great unassimilatable big-bowed
swaggering Dongyi?

Regards,
Paul Kekai Manansala
http://sambali.blogspot.com/

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