China: Empire of Living Symbols by Cecilia Lindqvist, Joan Tate

China: Empire of Living Symbols

Cecilia Lindqvist, Joan Tate

448 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history reference funny informative slow-paced
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This book presents a fascinating and stunningly beautiful introduction to Chinese language and culture.The origins of Chinese ideographs were not known until 1899 when a scholar went to an apothecary for some medicine made of "dragon bone". To his...

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