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Originally Posted by Nr9
where is the evidence that middle chinese is directly derived from old chinese. for all we know, it is the language of the northern barbarians with influences from old chinese. certainly it is different enough that it is plausible to assume so.
min on the other hand is what most closely resembles what confucius used to speak and therefore the min people are the true descendants of the huangdi. mandarin han are just jealous.
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I speak fairly decent Min myself. I guess the Mandarin-speaking Han Chinese are jealous of my Chineseness. __________________
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