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> An unbroken lineage to people of ancient times, known as a descent from antiquity, still remains to be historically proven. Such records exist in Chinese cul
by Bayart 4y ago
> An unbroken lineage to people of ancient times, known as a descent from antiquity, still remains to be historically proven.
Such records exist in Chinese culture, in particular in Taiwan and the diaspora, as they have not been interrupted before the Cultural Revolution.
- rgrieselhuber 4y agoWhere can one learn more about this?
- adastra22 4y agoEven then it depends on what you’d call antiquity. Chinese records only go back as far as 220 BCE, and with a lot of gaps in between.
- ThinkingGuy 4y agoAnd yet there are people who can trace their lineage back to Confucious (c.551 – c.479 BCE) https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk/articles/2021-10-crossroad-memory/# https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/out-of-eden-walk...!
- adastra22 4y agoNot verifiably, no they cannot.