At this the guests cheered loudly and chieftains arose and held up their right hands as a token of respect to little Nonikwe.
As we know very little about them apart from legend, we can only speculate that they were probably tribal chieftains during the transitional period from primitive to slave society.
Lao Tzu rebuked the dissipated rulers living in extravagance at his time as bandit chieftains.
The psychology evolved from their fear of soil and their dependence on it, from the tribal chieftains' living in mountainous areas, and from their experience of surviving floods as a result of making their retreat to uplands.
The Mongol chieftains were eager that the next great khan too should be a blood-descendant of Genghis.
The head of the Merchants Guild came by. It was he who had interceded with the Kuomintang chieftains for Mr. Lin on the question of selling Japanese goods. Now he smiled and congratulated Mr. Lin, and clapped him on the shoulder.
The institution of the chieftains 'gathering is a very effective ruling measure taken by the Qing government in the border minority areas.
The Tu Mountain where Yu called a meeting of all the chieftains refers to the maintain beside Shanzhu,Gun’s burying place and also Xia people’s shrine. It locates in the south of origina Luhun County,the center of Erlitou Zone of Xia’s culture.
