>From: J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...>
>Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:57:09 EST
>
> >Eh?? So you're not Zhang1 with the bow radical? Are you Zhang3 with the
> >person radical? Or Zhang4 meaning weaponsof war?
>
> The less _common_ Zhang3 ;) Zhang1 and Zhang4 IIRC don't have the
>ancient connotation of _Everready_ (or the more recent (*) one of
>"blueblooded Han").
>
> (*) "recent" meaning - in this context - "since Confucious' time" (one
>of
>my ancestors' was a somewhat-troublesome disciple of Confucious prone to
>playin' Devil's Advocate at every chance with the Master-Teacher)
>
Coolness. According to my dictionary Zhang3 was also the surname of
Mengzi's mother. So you just philosophatin' all over the place!
Adam
>czHANgie, One-of-Many Avatars of Sun WuKong, a.k.a. "Monkey," a.k.a.
>"TricksterGod of the Han Chinese"; ) Agent Provocateur of/for the Dark Gods
>of Creative Chaos ; )
>
>Verfremdungseffekt << ostraneniye >> //effetto alienazione//
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