Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-386) and index.
Contents
The Paris years of Arcadio Huang -- The peregrinations of Mendes Pinto -- Matteo Ricci and the ascent to Peking -- Gamble in China -- Malraux's Temptation -- Looking east : the long view -- The seven ages of K'ang-hsi -- The energies of Ming life -- A painter's circles -- Collapse of a purist -- A vibrant doctrine -- The dialogue of Chinese science -- Being Chinese -- Food -- Medicine -- Taxes -- Opium -- Cock's blood and Browning pistols -- Film and politics : Bai Hua's Bitter love -- Tiananmen -- Poetry and physics : the spirits of opposition -- Arthur Wright -- Arthur Waley -- John Fairbank -- Fang Chao-ying.
