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There is probably a Chinese story a thousand years older than this one.
by nurettin 4y ago
There is probably a Chinese story a thousand years older than this one.
- ginko 4y agoI mean, it's even linked in the article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Hu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Hu
- AzzieElbab 4y agoOf course, but if you actually read the linked article: "The possibly farcical text proceeds to describe several other fictional stories of ancient aviators.[3] A date of 2000 BCE pre-dates the emergence of writing in China by three or four centuries and pre-dates the invention of gunpowder-based rockets in China by about 3,000 years"