We don't know how the change came about or if--some people question if they ever really did have kings, but the picture I want you to have is that's not the tradition.

我们不知道这个变化是怎么发生的,如果...有人质疑如果他们真的有过国王,不过这里我想告诉你们的是,他们没有这样的传统

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It just doesn't matter to me that it's me, anymore than it would matter to me if they just tell me, "Oh, there'll be somebody else around there " who will like Chinese poetry."

是不是我已变得不重要，不过是有人告诉我，“将来会有一个人,他喜欢中国诗词“

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