“May you live in interesting times” is quite famously an ancient Chinese curse, with ‘interesting’ being a catch-all for the many troubles that can plague us. Except it’s not Chinese, and it’s not ancient, according to Wikipedia and experts in classical Chinese. So fun times, it’s also an example of misinformation, misattribution, and the muddled plot t…
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