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finitebanjo@piefed.world 19 hours agoI just gave a brisk read through that article, btw your link is slightly off, and it doesn't seem to disprove the point much at all. What few historical Mo panda are referenced were called giant iron eating beasts in mythical tales, no artistic depictions, and most of the citations are improper/broken. One of them mentions Bencao Gangmu, a sort of catalogue of plants and animals with pictures, claims Mo panda being between Leopards and Elephants but a quick search did not reveal any such images unto me.
Honestly, I'm convinced. Pandas are just painted or modified brown bears.
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
…citations… to books… not broken links lol.
And on page 185, we find the exact text cited
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finitebanjo@piefed.world 18 hours ago
The wikipedia contributors were unable to link to a digitization of the book, that's what I mean by improper. I don't own a copy of books written in 223 AD, neither does my local library.
The Donald Harper book you just posted was published in 2012.
mech@feddit.org 18 hours ago
I’m following this exchange with steadily increasing fascination, still on the fence on whether Pandas exist.
Icytrees@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
I found a lead. Could help explain why pandas got so famous in China so recently. Taipei Times isn’t a great source but it’s late and I got excited. www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/…/2003435562
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
That’s not how citations work.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Say your library did, you would read this book in Classical Chinese? Or would you rely on a translation, probably published much later?
finitebanjo@piefed.world 16 hours ago
It being listed in the catalog would at least be some indication that the evidence exists, as opposed to an endless linked list of "trust me bro".
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Here’s a link to the Erya.