— Pre-Christian Eurasia thrived on cyclical unity, where Vikings saw death as a nightly sleep before dawn’s rebirth , Chinese sages harmonized with *wu wei* (無為), and African griots
— Pre-Christian Eurasia thrived on cyclical unity, where Vikings saw death as a nightly sleep before dawn’s rebirth , Chinese sages harmonized with *wu wei* (無為), and African griots
By accepting the label but reshaping its meaning, China turns linguistic colonization into a linguistic jujitsu. As the proverb says: “Sit by the river long enough; your enemy’s corpse floats