Chinese numbers
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unex — 6 years ago(April 21, 2019 05:48 AM)
They are into quantifying.
Four Books and Five Classics
Four Olds
Four Confidences
Eight Model Plays
61 Renegades
Five Black Categories
Five Red Categories
Five Constant Virtues
Two Whatevers
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors
Three Kingdoms
Sixteen Kingdoms
Six Dynasties
Seven Warring States
Five Hegemons
Four Lords of the Warring States
Three Treasures
Three Pure Ones
Nine Sons of the Dragon
The Legend of Five Goats
Five Precepts
Four Perils
Four Symbols
Four Heavenly Ministers
Four Heavenly Kings
Four Mountains
Three Great Emperor-Officials
Thirteen Classics
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove
Three Principles of the People
Hundred Schools of Thought
Hundred Flowers Campaign
Three-anti and Five-anti Campaigns
Five Man Group
Gang of Four
This habit spans thousands of years. We have our Ten Commandments, Thirteen Original Colonies, Twelve Constellations, Seven Deadly Sins, but nothing like the Chinese, and they were not influenced by alien cultures. The most important is probably One China. -
XoX — 6 years ago(April 22, 2019 10:54 AM)
One child policy
Five year plans:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-year_plans_of_China
100 years of shame:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_of_humiliation