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CHINA The present - day Chinese belong to the oldest surviving the high god of
heaven . The unworthiness of a ruler was civilization in the world . Although the
Shang kings founded thought to be reflected in natural phenomena , when "
rivers ...
CHINA The present - day Chinese belong to the oldest surviving the high god of
heaven . The unworthiness of a ruler was civilization in the world . Although the
Shang kings founded thought to be reflected in natural phenomena , when "
rivers ...
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1 CHRONOLOGY The Chinese Buddhist goddess of mercy Kuanyin ( below ) , is
unwilling to enter Nirvana because of her awareness of worldly suffering ... 1650
– Shang dynasty and the 1027 emergence of civilization in northern China .
1 CHRONOLOGY The Chinese Buddhist goddess of mercy Kuanyin ( below ) , is
unwilling to enter Nirvana because of her awareness of worldly suffering ... 1650
– Shang dynasty and the 1027 emergence of civilization in northern China .
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Only in Vietnam did Chinese political and religious ideas take root firmly , as a
result of centuries of occupation . ... The closeness of the Vietnamese relationship
with ancient China has stamped itself on Vietnamese myth , and the earliest ...
Only in Vietnam did Chinese political and religious ideas take root firmly , as a
result of centuries of occupation . ... The closeness of the Vietnamese relationship
with ancient China has stamped itself on Vietnamese myth , and the earliest ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends |
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0025801813, 9780025801813 |
| Length | 260 pages |
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