Subject: ~{?jWS5D@zJ7~}history of chopsticks

From: Hongkuan Li <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1993 14:47:27 GMT

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	WHY did the Chinese first use chopsticks?

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	~{RT#,VP9zTZNDRU44WwIO>MBdTZNw7=5D:sM7!#~}When was the turning
 	point for the spread of dining tables in Chinese history? Does it 
	coincide with the down-fall of Chinese creativity in arts, such as 
	the lack of creativity in ba-gu-wen writing, and in drawing after
	Song Dynasty? Maybe the luxury in Tang Dynasty popularized the use
	of dining tables. Who knows the History of Dining Tables in China?

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Ref.[1]. David Feldman, WHY DO DOSGS HAVE WET NOSES. New York:
              HarperPerennial, 1990

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