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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 658708, member: 4703&quot;]Reading Kanji/Chinese numbers and translating them to western dates are two separate tasks.&nbsp; The first involves simple memorization.&nbsp; The second requires that one know the appropriate adjustment (for example +1911 for Chinese Republic, +1867 for Japanese Meiji Era, +1896 for Korean Kuang Mu Era, etc.) and then perform the arithmetic.That depends.</p><p><br /></p><p>From <i>Modern Japanese Coinage</i>, by Michael L. Cummings, 2d Ed. (1978), p.35:<blockquote><p><br /></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>My personal practice is to make unequivocal statements of fact when, and only when, I can back them up with authoritative sources.&nbsp; In all other cases I say &quot;I think&quot;, &quot;I believe&quot;, &quot;Some authorities claim&quot;, or similar equivocal comments.&nbsp; IMHO that&#039;s a practice that everyone should emulate, simply because it reduces disputation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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