i am an eagle, i am the bird of prey
posted by Jai at 10:31 PM
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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The legend of the Zodiac Race, of course, is by far the least credible of all explanations of the origin of the Chinese zodiac. Because the "twelve earthly branches" which correspond with the zodiac, was already in existence as early as the Zhou era, long before the advent of Buddhism. A parallel decimal set of symbols called "ten heavenly stems", corresponding with yin-yang dualism and the five elements (wood, fire, earth, metal, water) was in existence in the Shang dynasty as the stems were part of Shang rulers' names. The 12 chinese zodiac sign, or the "twelve earthly branches" is probably devised together with the ten heavenly stems.
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