CHNS-0093 Lecture 2: Lecture 2
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L e c t u r e 2. Classic chinese legend; talks about geography (mythical geography); some of this was purely imaginary; all the people living outside the central plains have fantastic images. Hybrid : centaurs having fantastical characteristics one view: they"re very different from us fox demons often presented as being sexually aggressive fox race is similar to the monkey race. Doesn"t take into account all the factors in play or the long term effects of his decisions. However is divine because he is the reincarnation of vishnu, and because he is said to be divine. Hanuman was the most morally pure; he is devoted to the divine mission of rama. Morality might be questionable in modern times, but likely in the time it was written in + society it was told in it would be acceptable to kill another as retribution for an act.