Historical Query (in semantics) Re: [lbo-talk] Prefect Rice

[Jon Johanning]

I don't have a Chinese dictionary, but my Japanese-English dictionary 
lists the term (two characters, literally meaning "run" and "dog"), and 
quotes a rather intriguing proverb in which it appears. In English:

"When cunning hares are all caught it is the turn of the faithful hound 
to be killed for meat."

A bit of wisdom which may apply to the Bush crowd soon, as well as 
soon--to-be-Gov. Schwartzenegger's crowd. At any rate, if this proverb 
(I'm not sure if it is originally Chinese or Japanese) reflects the 
original meaning of the term, it would seem to refer to dogs that run 
alongside the hunter and help him by snatching the fallen game.

Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org
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