Re: Day & month names

Raymond Brown wrote:
> Simplicity & convenience.  If they weren't numbered then the Chinese either
> have had to mangle the Latin names into acceptable Chinese syllables or to
> rename the months entirely.
Didn't they have months before making contact with Europeans?  I seem to
recall hearing that they used to have names, that they replaced with
numbers.

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