Korean/Chinese (Re: Rant: Defending Indonesian)
| From: | Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 1, 2002, 17:37 |
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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.)
Yoon Ha Lee [requiescat@cityofveils.com]
http://pegasus.cityofveils.com
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ
Moves on; nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
--Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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