Re: Heavens Gate (to Dave Court)

Ralph Nielsen (nielsen@uidaho.edu)
Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:57:16 -0800

>yoel haalmoni wrote:
>>
>> >(Christ-Ian 4/1) I'll bow to Steven Carr on this. I never really studied
>> >Stalin that much and I've never heard of Tung.
>>
>> yoel-
>> Isn't he referring to Mao Tse Tung? I was confused at first, but I figured
>> this was what he was referring to.
>>

>(Christ-Ian)
Ooooh! Mao Tse-Tung! Well Dave you have to be a little more specific.
>The name is Tse-Tung, not Tung. Well, I'll have to check this out. He came
>into power
>about the time I got out of High School. Dates me, doesn't it.

RALPH NIELSEN
The Chinese put the surname first, then the personal name - usually a
hyphenated double name. The Tse-tung or Tse-Tung we're referring to is the
late Chairman Mao who inspired the Little Red Book (remember it, Ian?).