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For the sake of reminding us researchers to be humble and modest at all times, the study of one-dot theory should begin with a discussion of Monkey, which is one of the four great Buddhist-/Daoist-inspired Chinese folk novels, published in the 1590s. As I recall, before the age of 12, I must have read it several dozen times, thoroughly enjoying it each time, and mesmerized by each character, good and bad, in each episode.
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Another popular translation is Journey to the West. It differs from Stephen King’s November 1980 horror short story, The Monkey.
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In July 2011, LI Ao said his situation is like the Monkey, and therefore, he has to be humble. See http://www.chinareviewnews.com, dated 2011-07-23 20:29:36, accessed on July 24, 2011.
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There are more than 300 living Buddhas in Xizang/Tibet. See See Hua Daily News (hereinafter SHDN), May 28, 2011, p. 15.
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http://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com/dictionary?p=%E7%84%A1%E6%A5%B5%E7%9C%9F%E5%85%83, accessed on July 19, 2011.
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Zheng, fan, shun,ni, zhen, and wei. There are many dots in the world. For example, each of a polka dot means “each of a number of round dots evenly spaced to form a pattern on fabric.” See Oxford Student’s Dictionary, p. 792.
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Crabs can also have XiaoShuiBu (quick short steps). In other words, they can move straightforward. See United Daily News (UDN) (Taipei), February 12, 2007, p. A10. In Yilang County, Taiwan Province, Republic of China (ROC), there is a crab museum. Not all crabs can be eaten, because some of them are poisonous. Poison could be dangerous. See Formosa Television (Taiwan, ROC), dated February 7, 2008.
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YU, P.Kh. (2012). Introduction. In: One-dot Theory Described, Explained, Inferred, Justified, and Applied. SpringerBriefs in Philosophy, vol 3. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2167-2_1
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