Betrayal Skull Dude
Friday, August 15, 2008

Consider this my Olympics report:
“The Utah Jazz forward is known to the 1.3 billion people in China as “Fan Gu Zai,” which, loosely translated, means “Betrayal Skull Dude.”
Bao says Chinese use “Fan Gu Zai” to refer to those who betray, but “betrayal skull” also refers to a protuberant bone on the front or back of a head.
The betrayal skull reference comes from the Chinese story of Zhuge Liang, one of China’s most well-known intellectuals and military strategists. According to legend, before Zhuge died, he said, “Wei will betray the country sooner or later.” Wei was a general under Zhuge’s supervision.”

