Democratic Primaries

Look up a fellow known as Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, who operated in Mongolia around the end of the Russian Civil War. Strange stuff....

In fact, Buddhism in China generally takes on characteristics quite foreign to Western conceptions. It has sprouted apocalyptic millennial cults, such as the White Lotus, which have given rise to major armed rebellions in the last few Imperial centuries. Militia movements, such as the 'Big Swords' and 'Red Spears' (no relation to the Communists), were prominent early in the twentieth century, raised and led by Buddhist monks, operating to defend localities from bandits, and against the Japanese in Manchuria.

As you may be guessing, this is one of my subjects, and I am attached to it. I should have realized how 'Master Kong ' might have been taken, and stuck to the familiar name.





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."