The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

[rikforto]

I can't speak for rikforto's reasons. But it is perfectly possible for someone to criticize the Chinese Theory because they find the evidence unpersuasive for it and therefore see the theory as unproven.  Or even because they think the absence of certain evidence makes the theory not only unproven but unlikely.

This is the crux of it, more or less. And with that in mind...

In fact I believe that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., in some version of translation, is the source of the Starred Parags section.  It is an ancient classic, but not one of thee "Four Books and Five Classics" of Confucianism.

I'm going to ice all our other disagreements here and take a serious look at this. It will take me at least a few days, so I will get back to you. I doubt I'll be able to say anything truly definitive, but I might be able to say something useful about this.