• Victor Henry Mair (/mɛər/; born March 25, 1943) is an American sinologist. He is a professor of Chinese at the University of Pennsylvania. Among other...
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    A theory by Victor H. Mair connects the Chinese word (Old Chinese *myag, pinyin wū, Cantonese mou4 ) to Persian maguš. See: Victor H. Mair, “Old Sinitic...
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    2012), "Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)," in Victor H. Mair (ed), Sino-Platonic Papers, No. 230, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences...
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    Ruth H. (2000). "Understanding Di and Tian: Deity and Heaven from Shang to Tang Dynasties" (PDF). Sino-Platonic Papers (108). Victor H. Mair. ISSN 2157-9679...
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  • Ruth H. (2000). "Understanding Di and Tian: Deity and Heaven from Shang to Tang Dynasties" (PDF). Sino-Platonic Papers (108). Victor H. Mair. ISSN 2157-9679...
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    mummy's DNA, due to fears that it would aid Uyghur nationalists. In 1993, Victor H. Mair and Italian geneticist Paolo Francalacci, were able to test some tissue...
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    2012), "Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)", in Victor H. Mair (ed), Sino-Platonic Papers, No. 230, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences...
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    Hua Tuo (category Articles with hCards)
    for the development of pressure points used in Chinese Martial arts. Victor H. Mair describes him as "many hundreds of years ahead of his time in medical...
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    Civilizations. Facts on File. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-8160-4640-9. Mallory, J. P.; Mair, Victor H. (2000), The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest...
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    2012), "Hellenes and Romans in Ancient China (240 BC – 1398 AD)", in Victor H. Mair (ed), Sino-Platonic Papers, No. 230, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences...
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