Michael Nylan has proved that the issue itself was an artificial projection of the mid-Han problematic onto the early Han realities.
mˈaɪkəl nˈaɪlæn hɐz pɹˈuːvd ðætðɪ ˈɪʃuː ɪtsˈɛlf wʌz ɐn ˌɑːɹɾɪfˈɪʃəl pɹədʒˈɛkʃən ʌvðə mˈɪdhˈæn pɹˌɑːbəlmˈæɾɪk ˌɑːntʊ ðɪ ˈɜːli hˈæn ɹɪˈælᵻɾiz.