Re: Traditional China as a counterexample to "spikism"

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Thu May 10 2001 - 07:17:29 MDT


At 08:59 AM 5/10/01 EDT, Greg wrote:

>Deeply influenced by a robust and creative influx of Buddhism, the Tang were
>horse-riding, clever, optimistic adventurers. Tang women were the most free
>that China appears to have ever had; many being renowned poets and artists.
>Tang sculpture - especially their wonderful equestrian works - expressed a
>naturalistic yet distinctly Sinitic humanism.

Yeah, but you never heard about Tang in space, did you?

No, wait.

Damien Broderick



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