Dear Friends esp. Siu-Leung & Stephen<br><br>I have found the site for discussion on Chinese issues of contemporary interests or of a controversial nature....
Dear Siu-Leung & MIng<br><br>Sun Yat-Sen to me is the political conscience of modern day China, similar to Lu Xun, the literary conscience. They helped to ...
Dear Tin-Kay,<br><br>Lu Xun is probably the most influential writer of the 20th century in China. As you mentioned both Dr. Sun Yat Sen and Lu Xun started out...
The discovery of stone axes dated 800,000 years ago indicates that civilization in China began at the same time as the oldest African civilization:<br><br><a...
Tang Dynasty (AD618-906). Excavated 1975, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. <br>Shaanxi History Museum <br>See this and other pictures of dragons at<br><a...
Dear friends:<br><br>Today is the "tomb sweeping festival." It is a pitty that I am away from Taiwan and cannot attend my ancesotors' tombs. Interestingly, I...
Dear Professor Ming:<br><br>Nin Hao!<br><br>Just a quick question: Have we gotten Chinese Mythology somewhere in this forum or your website? So far I have ...
Stephen, I am sure you can visit Raoping if you really want to. Hopefully you'll find some distant family members by reading the family tree. Hehe... That'll...
Dear Sesame:<br><br>I would like to visit Raoping sometimes. I have heard the same thing that Geralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek planned his tomb to be in Nanjing....
China the Beautiful is in continuous publication on the Internet since April 1994. We are one of the oldest Chinese website!<br><br>Visit us at<br><a...
Dear Ming,<br><br>Congratulations! <br>My first webpage (under ITTI) was also founded in 1994 about the same time. It was changed to asiawind.com in August ...
Surnames came into use in England between 1250 and 1450, according to the British historian of place names and surnames Dr. George Redmonds.<br><br>Obviously,...
Dear Ming,<br><br>Some types of European surnames certainly are of relatively recent origin, and as you mentioned, started becoming popular at the end of the...
Computer virus has become an increasing serious problem for all of us. FBI (U.S.) has just posted an anouncement (April 2000) of a new virus that travels from ...
Dear Ming,<br><br>Happy Anniversary to CTB and congradulation to you for your continuous effort in updating your website. Your effort has been well recognized ...
Some messages do not show up in the "Home" page as you log on. Strange. Message #1282 by Dr. Kelley and #1281 from Aolung are missing here.<br>So click on...
Dear David:<br>Discussions about names have been going on sporadically from time to time. This time it was started by a query from Michael van Orelli of Lehigh...
Dear Ming,<br><br>I am more familiar with the ancient Roman naming system, so I won't comment on the less familar Greek one. In the Roman system, an individual...
Dear David:<br><br>Thanks for the explanation of Roman names.<br><br>What about the name Caesar? There was of course the most famous Julius Caesar. Was he from...
Dear Ming,<br><br>Julius Caesar's complete name was Gaius Julius Caesar Imperator, with Gaius = given name; Julius = clan name; Caesar = family (i.e. clan ...
Dr. Kelley,<br>you're referring to Roman names like Africanus, Caesar etc. as family (i.e. clan branch) names. Your right with this. But those names initially...
Dear Prof. Pei:<br><br>I am writing this to apologize to you for the backbiting plus the playful attitude I put up with people in some workshop in an attempt...
Dear Sesame:<br><br><br>There are several thousands of readers of China the Beautiful each day, but only a handful supporters who give their time and efforts...
Dear Ming, Alfred, and David:<br><br>The origin of surname has been topic of discussion in the past. I have had proposed genetic studies on Y chromosomes. Y...
Dear Stephen,<br><br>If indeed all Y chromosomes are conservative among different men, there ought to be multiple origin of people rather than a single origin...
Dear Siu-Leung:<br><br>Your points are well taken that lots of surnames were given to different people, especially those imperial last names. Like Koxiga, who...
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