Four Directions Links Luke

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_(Wu_Xing)

On page 167 it talked about the year of the horse. After googling it, I found out that she is specifically born undre the year of the earth horse, which is interesting. I didn't know there was that dimension to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_(zodiac)

I was curious about Waveryl's zodiac too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/146_(number)

When I read that Marvin had "one hundred forty-six straight black hairs on his chest" (p. 174) I wondered if there was any significance to this number. So I googled it.

http://books.google.com/books?id=Q15AtCVSiiYC&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=%22Jong+clan%22+cantonese&source=bl&ots=f7QXihvFZO&sig=Qaiudqloy5elFsxZTMmLpR3Crzw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CTVdT-jQBo-ctwfR05yGDA&sqi=2&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Jong%20clan%22%20cantonese&f=falseI wanted to find out more about the Jong Clan (p. 182), which is the clan Waverly's father belonged to. I didn't find anything, and wasn't really expecting to. However, I did find an excerpt from a book that is talking about the Joy Luck Club and the passages that I am referencing right now. So I thought that was interesting and worth reposting.