--- David Silberstein <davids at Kithrup.COM> wrote: ... > As I've said elsewhere, my view of the King of Qin/Duke of Ch'in is > probably hopelessly tainted by having read Barry Hughart's /Bridge > of Birds/, where he is very much not noble nor nice.. Mine is tainted by a very brief acquaintance with Chinese history. "Not nice" seems to have been everyone's conclusion about him till the PRC (of course) rehabilitated him, or else. Jerry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com