Originally published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1990.
Machine generated contents note: 1. BEIJING MEN BUILT A FIRE 23
2. SLICING THROUGH WATER 33
INTERLUDE 1: PHONETICS, OR WHY SOME CHARACTERS
LOOK HORRIBLY COMPLICATED 47
3. SLEEP OF THE TRULY INEBRIATED 53
4. SWALLOWING CLOUDS 67
5. CHINESE PIGS STAND 79
INTERLUDE 2: THE APPALLING IGNORANCE OF SOME
SCRIBES 91
6. A DELICACY FOR AGING MEN 97
7. No CONTEST BETWEEN FISH AND A BEAR WITH
EIGHT LEGS 109
8. COURTESANS DO NOT EAT CRABS 123
INTERLUDE 3: TO ALL YOU CARNIVORES 137
9. THE SWEET FRAGRANCE OF CROPS
RIPENING 139
10. HOW TO AVOID BEING VULGAR 155
11. THE POCKMARKED WOMAN AND THE
PEARLY EMPRESS 171
INTERLUDE 4: WORDS ARE LIKE OUR CHILDREN 189
12. BUDDHA JUMPING OVER WALLS 193
13. ACT WITHOUT ACTING, TASTE WITHOUT
TASTING - 2051
INTERLUDE 5: LIKE EATING POTATO CHIPS 229
14. THE SUBLIME FAITH IN ILLUSIONS 237
15. PIECES OF HER HEART 247
16. ELIXIRS AND THE FOOD OF HEALTH 261
17. FROM BANQUETS TO VOYAGES OF
DISCOVERY 281
EPILOGUE: ALL BANQUETS MUST COME TO AN END 295
APPENDIX A. HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR ARM AND THROAT
WHILE DRINKING 301
APPENDIX B. A FEW RECIPES 325
NOTES 339
BIBLIOGRAPHY 359
TABLE OF DYNASTIES 365
TABLE OF SOME COMMON RADICALS USED IN
THIS BOOK 366
TABLE OF CHARACTERS AND RADICALS LISTED
BY CHAPTER 367
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 377
A FINAL NOTE 379.
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