The heart of the dragon
Alasdair Clayre
- Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 1984
- 281 p
Map on lining papers.
Remembering: emperors and rebels -- Believing: heaven earth and Marx -- Marrying: wives and concubines -- Mediating: caring and control -- Eating: frugality and feasting -- Living: labour and harvest -- Working: coal steam and steel -- Correcting: crime and punishment -- Understanding: the body and the universe -- Creating: ink bamboo and rock -- Trading: into the four seas.
Explores private life in China.
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Manners and customs--China Social life and customs --China--1976