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Yingying used two silver taels to buy a head of long hair from a country girl. She combed it well before putting it on Linghu Chong's head. Then she let him change into a farmer woman's gown and he now looked like a woman. She then daubed some yellow powder and drew seven to eight black moles on his face. I love Ying Ying!

Tian Boguang smiled bitterly and said, “Master, grand Martial Master gave me a Buddhist name called ‘Cannot Have No Commandment’.” Yilin asked strangely, “What ‘Cannot Have No Commandment’? How can there be such a long name?” Her father replied, “What do you know? In Buddhist scripture, what does it matter how long the Buddha’s name is! ‘Buddha of Compassion and Sorrow Helps the Distressed and Watches the World’s V

Genghis Khan forbade women to be sold or bartered.

"The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience."

...complete with the ancient patriarch’s eldest son committing what had become known as the Sin of Ham—not overindulgence in prosciutto crudo, but gazing upon his inebriated father’s nakedness.

I.give.up.

Odi, ergo sum. Aargh!

An uber-competent, 'mannish' girl + a pretty, swooning girl + a creepy suitor + a potential good guy/ love interest named Walter --- why does this reminds me of The Woman in White?

Great, so how do you spot a reservation, when thirty teenage butterflies are mating in your stomachs, and the sweat is like a secret rain inside your shirt?

Richard himself, in all the glory of his masculinity and homosexuality, called the Griffones "effeminate".

Richard himself in , in all the glory of his masculinity and homosexuality, called the Griffones "effeminate".

Ghazali had won the day. From his time forward, Greek-based Muslim philosophy lost steam and Muslim interest in natural science foundered. The same forces that squeezed protoscience out of Islamic intellectual life, the same forces that devalued reason as an instrument of ethical and social inquiry, acted to constrict the position of women.

Sometime during this period, the status of women in Islamic society seems to have changed as well. Various clues suggest to me that in the early days of Islam, women had more independence and a greater role in public affairs than they had later on. Khadija, the Prophet's first wife, was a powerful and successful businesswoman. Ayesha, his youngest wife, commanded armies in the field.

Why does E call Dudley "Robin"? Is it historically correct?

2nd Caliph (Omar) killed by a "deranged Persian slave". 3rd Caliph (Othman) killed by a Muslim mob. 4th Caliph (Ali) killed by the Kharijites (= Khawarijs?). Hussein, grandson of the Prophet, killed by Yazid, the second Ummayad Caliph. Now, Abbasids vs Ummayads.

The names Baijini and Bajuni are similar...they may both have come from "baju" --- the word Chinese living in Indonesia and Malaysioa use for "long robe", which comes from the Mandarin Chines word pao.

On his visit to Java, Zheng He found large colonies of wealthy Chinese merchants, who had arrived at the end of the fourteenth century...The town of Gresik on the northwest coast of Java was govened by a man from Guangdong province, and a thousand Chinese families lived there; Surabaja in the northeast also had "many Chinese". Zheng He's men witnessed wayang performances...a jousting contest...suttee.

With burning of incense and repetition of prayers, Zhen He and his men honored Tianfei and asked for her guidance.

However I came to be, I m nt male. For that sin --- whether hers or mine --- Anne Boleyn died.

...but Zeus' regal consort flew into rage at once and her outburst raked the Huntres armed with arrows: "How do you have the gall, you shameless bitch, to stand and fight me here? But since you'd like a lesson in warfare, Artemis, just to learn, to savor how much stronger I am when you engage my power ---"

Finally getting to the climax: Hector vs Achilles.