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Did you know... that an ancient Chinese medical text suggests that those of low social status will have many illnesses and die more easily?
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... that an ancient Chinese medical text, the Pulling Book, suggests that if you are of a low social status, you will have many illnesses and die more easily?
Long enough and well sourced. Just one quibble regarding the hook: it sounds like people of low social status would die an easy death, whereas the author presumably meant that they are more likely to die due to their unhealthy way of life.
Alaexis¿question?14:32, 17 September 2021 (UTC)reply
The cited quote literally says "easily" 😁 but I have absolutely no problem with modifying the hook to read "more likely" if that suits your semantic fancy. Cheers,
Kingoflettuce (
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20:38, 17 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Well, in the quote it follows "having more illnesses" so there is no ambiguity. Maybe just use the full quote: "if you are of a low social status, you will have more illnesses and die more easily?"
Alaexis¿question?21:34, 17 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Overall: The hook is good. I think it would also work well with a longer hook, e.g. "if you are of a low social status, you will have many illnesses and die more easily because ..."
Alaexis¿question?17:53, 18 September 2021 (UTC)reply
A fact from Yinshu appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 October 2021 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that an ancient Chinese medical text suggests that those of low social status will have many illnesses and die more easily?
This article is within the scope of WikiProject China, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
China related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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... that an ancient Chinese medical text, the Pulling Book, suggests that if you are of a low social status, you will have many illnesses and die more easily?
Long enough and well sourced. Just one quibble regarding the hook: it sounds like people of low social status would die an easy death, whereas the author presumably meant that they are more likely to die due to their unhealthy way of life.
Alaexis¿question?14:32, 17 September 2021 (UTC)reply
The cited quote literally says "easily" 😁 but I have absolutely no problem with modifying the hook to read "more likely" if that suits your semantic fancy. Cheers,
Kingoflettuce (
talk)
20:38, 17 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Well, in the quote it follows "having more illnesses" so there is no ambiguity. Maybe just use the full quote: "if you are of a low social status, you will have more illnesses and die more easily?"
Alaexis¿question?21:34, 17 September 2021 (UTC)reply
Overall: The hook is good. I think it would also work well with a longer hook, e.g. "if you are of a low social status, you will have many illnesses and die more easily because ..."
Alaexis¿question?17:53, 18 September 2021 (UTC)reply