Hmm okie - It isn't confirmed that it is an american creation
just that the earliest reference to it is by an American Author in
the 1950s.
(from book)"For centuries the Chinese used an ancient curse:
"May you live in interesting times!" It isn't a curse any more.
It's a blessing. We're scientific and civilized. We've got so many
rights and liberties and freedoms that one can yearn for chains for
the sheer pleasure of busting them and shaking them off. Reckon
life would be more livable if there were any chains left to
bust."
So now the question is, did Russell (the author) simply invent the
curse in telling the story, or was he perhaps a devotee of Jung, in
whose writings he might have found a still-earlier reference? Stay
tuned.
http://hawk.fab2.albany.edu/sidebar/sidebar.htm
The qn still stands!
