<p>The days of the week in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese (CJV). A fascinating history of Buddhist monks and Jesuit missionaries. While appearing alien to an English-speaker, Japanese and Vietnamese are more faithful to the traditional days of the week than English! A good list of web links.</p>
<p><a href="main/sitemap.html">Introduction and Site Map</a><br>
<a href="main/dow1.html">Part 1: The Days of the Week in the West</a><br>
<a href="main/dowjpn.html">Part 2: Japanese Days of the Week: the 'Seven Luminaries'<br>
</a><a href="main/dowchin.html">Part 3: Days of the Week in Chinese: Three Different Words for 'Week'</a><br>
<a href="main/dowviet.html">Part 4: Days of the Week in Vietnamese: the Liturgical Calendar of the Catholic Church</a><br>
<a href="main/dowconcl.html">Part 5: Summing Up and Bibliography of References</a></p>
<p><a href="asides/SunMon.html">Note 1: Which is the First Day of the Week: Sunday or Monday?</a><br>
<a href="asides/UrNepPl.html">Note 2: Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese</a><br>
<a href="asides/Kang.html">Note 3: The Country of Kang and the Manichaeans</a><br>
<a href="asides/BuKong.html">Note 4: The Buddhist Route for Transmission of Days of the Week (Esoteric Buddhism and Buddhist Astrology)</a><br>
<a href="asides/KoboD.html">Note 5: Kobo Daishi</a><br>
<a href="asides/fujiw.html">Note 6: Fujiwara no Michinaga and his Diary</a><br>
<a href="asides/leap.html">Note 7: The Crucial Step - Official Adoption of the Week in Japan</a><br>
<a href="asides/mission.html">Note 8: Christian Missionaries in China</a><br>
<a href="asides/libai.html">Note 9: The Campaign Against the Word 'Libai'</a><br>
<a href="asides/official.html">Note 10: The Word for 'Week' in Chinese: Looking Beyond the Official Version</a><br>
<a href="asides/feria.html">Note 11: The Origins
of the 'Feria' </a><br>
<a href="asides/Port.html">Note 12: Portuguese Missionaries and their Dictionaries
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<a href="asides/tuan.html">Note 13: 'Tuan' and 'Xun': faux amis in Chinese and
Vietnamese</a><br>
<a href="main/readings.html">Japanese and Vietnamese Readings of Chinese Characters found in the main text and notes </a><br>
<a href="main/readings.html">Web Links</a><br>
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