<< Chinese records going back something like
9000 years don't mention anythng that would correspond to Noah's flood. >>
See Gleason Archer, "A Survey of Old Testament: Introduction" (Rev. Ed., 1985,
p. 215):
"But what shall we say of the legend of Manu preserved among the Hindus
(acording to which Manu and seven others were saved in a ship from a worldwide
flood); or of Fah-he among the Chinese (who was the only survivor, along with
his wife, three sons, and three daughters); or of Nu-u among the Hawaiins; or
of Tezpi among the Mexican Indians: or of Manabozho among the Algonquins? All
of these agree that all mankind was destroyed by a great flood (usually
represented as worldwide) as a result of divine displeasure at human sin, and
that a single man with his family or a very few friends survived the
catastrophe by means of ship or raft or large canoe of some sort."
Jim