Re: Korean/Chinese (Re: Rant: Defending Indonesian)

On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 12:38:01PM -0500, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> On Friday, November 1, 2002, at 12:10 , H. S. Teoh wrote:
>
> >Consider what the first Korean king did: he devised a distinct writing
> >system, different from Chinese, so that his people would have a sense of
> >difference with the Chinese, and have something they can identify as their
> >own. Some have said that if it weren't for this, he might have eventually
> >lost much of his kingdom to the Chinese, since his people would not have
> >felt differentiated from them.
> >
> *puzzled look*  Sejong was hardly the first Korean king, unless you're
> referring to some different king?  (He's the one who devised the Korean
> alphabet.)
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Argh, now my abysmal history grades in junior high comes back to bite
me... *hangs head in embarrassment*


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