"May You Live in Interesting Times" - Chinese Curse? Quote or No Quote?
Apr 21, 2020
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We are living in interesting times. But is “may you live in interesting times” actually an old Chinese curse, or is the history of the saying more complicated? We take you from Chinese folk tales in 1627 to 20th-century British politicians in this episode of Quote or No Quote, trying to track down who said what when. Listen and learn.
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