According to Richard Mabey (The Oxford book of nature writing) , a 10th
century Chinese classification of the animal world contained: "(1) Those
belonging to the emperor; (2) embalmed; (3) tame; (4) suckling pigs; (5)
sirens; (6) fabulous; (7) stray dogs; (8) included in the present
classification; (9) frenzied; (10) innumerable; (11) drawn with a very fine
camelhair bgrush; (12) et cetera; (13) having just broken the water pitcher;
and [finally] (14) that from a long way off look like flies."

I think it's pathetic.

Marien
(occupied with 10, 12, and 14)
www.mollus.nl




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From: "Constantine Mifsud" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: Qingdao - China - Shelling opportunities


> A Chinese person once told me
>> "Westerners see an animal and ask themselves 'what is its name'?  The
>> Chinese see an animal and ask 'what does it taste like'"?
>
> Indeed...... had Adam and Eve been chinese we would have been much better
> off.
> They would have eaten the snake and not the apple.....
>
> Cons
>
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