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KUBLAI KHAN WAS A MONGOL,NOT A CHINESE!
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| Hi there,
First of all KUBLAI KHAN was a MONGOL. Please lets be realistic.
Kublai Khan [kOO'bli k=E4n]
Pronunciation Key
Kublai Khan , 1215-94, Mongol emperor, founder of the Y=FCan dynasty
of China. From 1251 to 1259 he led military campaigns in S China. He
succeeded (1260) his brother Mongke (Mangu) as khan of the empire that
their grandfather Jenghiz Khan had founded. The empire reached its
greatest territorial extent with Kublai's final defeat (1279) of the
Sung dynasty of China; however, his campaigns against Japan (see
kamikaze), Myanmar, Vietnam, and Indonesia failed. Kublai's rule as the
overlord of the Mongol empire was nominal except in Mongolia and China.
He recruited men of all nations for his civil service, but only Mongols
were permitted to hold the highest government posts. He promoted
economic prosperity by rebuilding the Grand Canal, repairing public
granaries, and extending highways. He fostered Chinese scholarship and
arts. Although he favored Tibetan Buddhism (Lamaism), other religions
(except Taoism) were tolerated. Kublai encouraged foreign commerce, and
his magnificent capital at Cambuluc (now Beijing) was visited by
several Europeans, notably Marco Polo, who described it. It was long
thought to be the city Xanadu, featured in Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan.
Kublai's name is also spelled Khubilai, Kubilai, Koublai, and Kubla.
See J. J. Saunders, The History of the Mongol Conquests (1971); M.
Rossabi, Khubilai Khan (1988).
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So we all know that Kublai Khan was a MONGOL,not a Chinese...lets not
mix things...
With compassion,
Puma
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| On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:20:10 -0800, puma <puma@dowse.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
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> First of all KUBLAI KHAN was a MONGOL. Please lets be realistic.
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Please don't cross-post. Most of us in alt.yoga knew this, and it has
nothing to do with yoga, anyway.
By the way, Puma, your self-styled "compassion" smacks of patronizing
arrogance. (There it is--somebody had to say it.)
--Don
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| Dirk Bruere at Neopax 2005-12-10, 12:41 pm |
| puma wrote:
> Hi there,
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> First of all KUBLAI KHAN was a MONGOL. Please lets be realistic.
Given that he came from Mongolia this is not very suprising.
FFF
Dirk
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| Hi Don,
Check the poster SOMETHING EVERY BUDDHIST SHOULD KNOW,and see if people
know it or not,If you know it good for you...
Compassion is compassion, you are the one who is distorting its
meaninginto arrogance.
Before reflecting your arrogance please kindly check the reason why it
has been posted.
If you have trouble getting it youmay kindly ask about it...
With compassion that we all need.
Puma
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| Curly H. Wade 2005-12-10, 12:41 pm |
| Puma: (With Compassion)
Before reflecting your arrogance,
please kindly check the reason why it
has been posted.
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal
with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.
- Buddha
Puma:
With compassion that we all need.
If you want to become enlightened,
you've got to get all the bullshit out of your life.
You have to clear up your mind completely.
- Zen Master Rama
The trick is simply to avoid jerks.
There are lots of them out there.
Most people are unhappy.
- Zen Master Rama
www.ramaquotes.com (with compassion)
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