"It seems that people living in Korea have a problem. A large majority are
born into just five patronymic family lines. If a Korean's surname isn't
Kim, or Park, just three more guesses will likely nail it down. The same
winnowing of family names happened in China, only on a vastly larger
scale. Within the People's Republic dwell more than 80 million people with
the surname "Li" or "Lee." Together, the five most frequently used Chinese
appellations cover at least 300 million human beings, the equivalent of
everyone in the United States and Canada being named Smith, Jones,
Williams, Cohen, and Diaz. Moreover, the _personal_ names given to Chinese
boys and girls are restricted by tradition and numerological beliefs. This
results in considerable confusion. In one recent Chinese case, the victim
of a crime, the trial judge, and the perpetrator all had the same full
name, as well as some poor fellow who spent weeks in jail before he could
prove he was a different guy."
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born into just five patronymic family lines. If a Korean's surname isn't
Kim, or Park, just three more guesses will likely nail it down. The same
winnowing of family names happened in China, only on a vastly larger
scale. Within the People's Republic dwell more than 80 million people with
the surname "Li" or "Lee." Together, the five most frequently used Chinese
appellations cover at least 300 million human beings, the equivalent of
everyone in the United States and Canada being named Smith, Jones,
Williams, Cohen, and Diaz. Moreover, the _personal_ names given to Chinese
boys and girls are restricted by tradition and numerological beliefs. This
results in considerable confusion. In one recent Chinese case, the victim
of a crime, the trial judge, and the perpetrator all had the same full
name, as well as some poor fellow who spent weeks in jail before he could
prove he was a different guy."
__
== The_12hr-ISBN-JPEG_Project =
ftp.wco.com/users/bbrace <
> episodic ftp.netcom.com/pub/bb/bbrace <
> eccentric ftp.teleport.com/users/bbrace <
> hypermodern ftp.rdrop.com/pub/users/bbrace <
> imagery online ftp.pacifier.com/pub/users/bbrace <
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