Re: China: Mandate of heaven?

On 5=D4=C223=C8=D5, =CF=C2=CE=E712=CA=B110=B7=D6, Jim Walsh
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> On Thu, 22 May 2008 21:50:09 +0800, fyfp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> (in article
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> > On 22 mai, 21:40, "Albert K. Fung" <akwf...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> fyfpoon:
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> >>> I did not realize that someone like yourself who is well versed in
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> >>> a true practitioner of quantitative economics could have come out
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> >>> celestial views like this one ...
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> >> Jim Walsh:
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> >>> I don't think Mr Fung thinks earthquakes have direct political
> >>> significance.
> >>> I think he is suggesting that many Chinese think that they do,
followi=
ng
> >>> the
> >>> philosophy of Mencius and others.
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> >>> And if he is right (that many Chinese think earthquakes have direct
> >>> political
> >>> significance), then earthquakes will have an indirect political
> >>> significance.
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> >> Heaven's fury ....
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> >> According to Chinese tradition is manifested in a serious of
> >> cataclysmic events in rapid succession,  and not just one in
> >> isolation. One mustn't forget that the Chinese are still raw
> >> from a freakish snowstorm that paralyzed the entire country.
> >> Followed by the riots in Tibet, the Olympic torch extinguish
> >> -ed in France.
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> >> And then, Sichuan .... :)
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> >> Regards,
>
> >> Albert K. Fung
> >> Casa Tres Palmas, Santa Ynez, California, USA.
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> >> ---
> >> Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net
> >> Complaints to n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > It can also be interpreted as Heaven's will to unify the people under
> > one party.
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> How? This is your most bizarre claim in recent memory.

No...simply to point out the difference between what is theoretical
and what is empirical.

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> > I would not be running wild with this sort of tabloid reasonings,
> > considering you are such a wor****pper of quantitative tools.
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> --
> Love, Jim
> (I often delete parts of the previous post and I often remove excessive
> crossposts.)
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