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techer on Jan 1, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Peer-reviewed papers are getting increasingly bori...

Despite being widely attributed as a Chinese curse, there is no known equivalent expression in Chinese.

The nearest related Chinese expression translates as "Better to be a dog in times of tranquility than a human in times of chaos."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you_live_in_interesting_ti...

Not saying you claimed it was Chinese but FYI.

Bakary on Jan 1, 2021 | [–]

There is a Chinese saying that every saying is eventually attributed to the Chinese given enough time

mdiesel on Jan 1, 2021 | [–]

I've only come across it as part of Pratchetts work, in the book Interesting Times, and had just assumed it was another of his witticisms.

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