Thuthmosis:

see Introduction page 14

 

Chinese historian:

written records of the history of China date from 1500 BC, from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); ancient historical texts like the Records of the Grand Historian (c. 100 BC) & the Bamboo Annals (296 BC) describe a Xia dynasty (c. 2070–1600 BC) before the Shang, but no written records from this period have survived. 

 

Han dynasty:

aka the Han Empire, 2nd imperial dynasty of China (206 BC–220 AD); considered a golden age in Chinese history; successor of the Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the rebel leader Liu Bang (aka posthumously Emperor Gaozu of Han), briefly interrupted by the Xin dynasty (9–23 AD); this interregnum separates the Han dynasty into 2 periods: the Western Han (or Former Han) 206 BC- 9 AD, and the Eastern Han (or Later Han) 25-220 AD.  It was succeeded by the 3 Kingdoms period (220–280 AD).

 

Nature and History: 

Opposites in the range of possibilities, in viewing the world picture:

Nature perceives BECOMING as BECOME

History perceives BECOME as BECOMING

 

contemplation: 

an evocation of mind (as in Plato, Rembrandt); vision (but not seeing, with the eye, rather the sense of seeing), an experience which is becoming

 

comprehension: 

assurance of the senses (as in Descartes, Kant, Newton)

 

cognition: 

an experience from which Nature is formed (Nature & cognition being equivalent)