Oracle Bones- A Journey Between China's Past and Present

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1、ORACLEBONESAJourneyBetweenChina’sPastandPresentPETERHESSLERAne-bookexcerptfromformysisters:AmyAngelaandBirgittaContentsAuthor’sNoteviiMapixPARTONEArtifactA:TheUndergroundCity31TheMiddleman9ArtifactB:TheWrittenWorld332TheVoiceofAmerica373TheBrokenBridge57ArtifactC:TheW

2、all754TheOvernightCity77PARTTWO5Starch1016Hollywood114ivContentsArtifactD:TheVoiceoftheTurtle1357AtNightYou’reNotLonely1498Immigration1699TheCourtyard174ArtifactE:TheBronzeHead18910Anniversary19911Sichuanese203PARTTHREEArtifactF:TheBook22112Asylum231ArtifactG:TheUncra

3、ckedBone24313TheGames25914Sand275ArtifactH:TheWord28915Translation29516Flags30617StraighttoVideo310ArtifactI:TheHorse32518WontonWestern33519Election352ContentsvPARTFOUR20Chinatown369ArtifactJ:TheCriticism38321StateVisit393ArtifactK:TheLostAlphabets40122EncapsulatePrim

4、e419ArtifactL:TheMisprintedCharacter43123Patton’sTomb437ArtifactZ:TheSoldWords44324Tea451Sources459Acknowledgments469Index473AbouttheAuthorOtherBooksbyPeterHesslerCreditsCoverCopyrightAboutthePublisherAuthor’sNotethisisaworkofnonfiction,andihaveusedrealnameswithoneexc

5、eption:Polat.Thepseudonymisusedathisrequest,becauseofpoliti-calsensitivitiesinthePeople’sRepublicofChina.Thisbookwasresearchedfrom1999to2004,aperiodwhoseeventsarestillresonating.Iexpectthatinthefuturewewilllearnmoreabouttheseoccur-rences,andmydepictionisnotintendedtob

6、ecomprehensiveordefinitive.Mygoalhasbeentofollowcertainindividualsacrossthisperiod,recordinghowtheirliveswereshapedbyachangingworld.Thesepeopleledmetomanyplaces—someinChina,someintheUnitedStates,andothers,suchasXinjiangandTaiwan,thatareindispute.Boundar-iesanddefinition

7、softenseemedfluid,andsodidtimeitself.Themainchaptersofthisbookarearrangedchronologically,buttheshortsectionslabeled“arti-facts”arenot.Theyreflectadeepersenseoftime—thewaysinwhichpeoplemakesenseofhistoryafterithasrecededfartherintothepast.Polatmeans“steel”intheUighurlang

8、uage,andhechosethatnamebecauseofthequalitiesthathebelievedarenecessaryforanybodyfarfromhome.viiMapPARTONEARTIFACTATheUndergr