tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post2126970168379725442..comments2023-10-30T02:18:50.850-07:00Comments on the spitting vessel: Smoldering Sedition in Shangri-ladurano lawayan a.k.a. brad spithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10432711769928256631noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post-5954634177191851692008-03-21T23:09:00.000-07:002008-03-21T23:09:00.000-07:00Hi Zhu,You're welcome to quote me, I don't mind at...Hi Zhu,<BR/><BR/>You're welcome to quote me, I don't mind at all.<BR/><BR/>There is also uncertainty regarding the Mongols and why they vanished in history. Part of the theory is that most of them were assimilated into the Tibetan culture.<BR/><BR/> The merger of these two cultures, which had many similarities being from the same region of social integration, were probably softened by the inspiration provided by the Himalayas. :-) Perhaps it is the Mongol side that we now see in these current protests. This is a wild, wild guess of course! :-)--Durano, done!durano lawayan a.k.a. brad spithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432711769928256631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-843778778119050450.post-61521691305805505972008-03-21T10:47:00.000-07:002008-03-21T10:47:00.000-07:00Very interesting! I'm preparing a post on China an...Very interesting! I'm preparing a post on China and Tibet (I'm in between...politically wise) and I might quote you if you don't mind.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and just to add the Ming, more precisely Yongle, the second emperor, lost Tibet to the Mongols at the time... The Mongols had the actual power and the Tibetan and the religious power/ influence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com