"Hold me in honor", Chinese version :)

TheRomanhistorian · 03-26-2012, 12:35 PM

Alvin, interesting history for this man. I might ask one of my colleagues, a Chinese historian of modern China to see if she can perhaps look at the dedication and maybe dig up a bit more (if that's ok with you and, of course, if she has the time). It stirs up my undergrad days when I dabbled in Chinese history as a hobby away from Roman stuff and it reminds me of a book I read about warlords often issuing pistols like the C-96 and the Astra, as well as revolvers, to some of their melee units with the large Chinese dao.

03-26-2012, 12:35 PM	#11
TheRomanhistorian User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 301 Thanks: 170 Thanked 88 Times in 64 Posts	Alvin, interesting history for this man. I might ask one of my colleagues, a Chinese historian of modern China to see if she can perhaps look at the dedication and maybe dig up a bit more (if that's ok with you and, of course, if she has the time). It stirs up my undergrad days when I dabbled in Chinese history as a hobby away from Roman stuff and it reminds me of a book I read about warlords often issuing pistols like the C-96 and the Astra, as well as revolvers, to some of their melee units with the large Chinese dao. __________________ Michael Nos morituri te salutant - Supposed saying of the gladiators to the emperor ('We, who are about to die, salute you.') 'We are the lantern bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind' - From Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers

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