Lost_on_planet_China

Lost_on_planet_China

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1、2ContentsTitlePageDedicationAuthor’sNoteChapter1Chapter2Chapter3Chapter43Chapter5Chapter6Chapter7Chapter8Chapter9Chapter10Chapter11Chapter12Chapter13Chapter14Chapter15Chapter16Chapter17Chapter18Chapter19Chapter20Chapter21Chapter22Chapter23Chapter24AcknowledgmentsFurtherRead

2、ingAlsobyJ.MaartenTroost4CopyrightFormyparentsAuthor’sNoteOneday,insideacoffeehouse,theauthorturnedonhislaptopandconfidentlytypedthewordsChapterOne.Nowwhat,hethought.HewassupposedtowriteabookaboutChina.This,afterall,iswhathehadtoldpeople.Sowhatareyouworkingonnow?they’dask,a

3、ndhe’dcasuallymentionthathewasworkingonabookaboutChina.Really?they’dsay,andstaggerbackinadmiration.Surely,itrequiresfluencyinMandarintowriteabookaboutChina.ButtheauthorisnotfluentinMandarin.HecansayhelloinMandarinChinese,butnotinCantoneseChinese.Hecan,however,counttoteninCh

4、inese,albeitwithhishands.Wellthen,surelytheauthorwasattheveryleastinpossessionofvastamountsofscholarlyknowledgeaboutChina—perhapshehadaPh.D.inChineseHistoryfromtheOrientalStudiesProgramatOxford,forexample.Afterall,Chinesecivilizationismorethan5,000yearsold.Onlyanexpertcould

5、writeabookaboutChina,right?TheauthorwishestoacknowledgethatheisnotanexpertonChina.Hisacademicexpertise,suchasitis,liesmoretowardMitteleuropathantheMiddleKingdom.Hedoes,however,knowthedifferencebetweentheMingandtheQingdynastiesandofthisheisquiteproud.Butshouldyoumeethim,plea

6、sedonotaskhimanythingabouttheSongDynasty.OrtheTangDynasty.OrtheWuDynasty.Please.Howthencanthisauthor,whoneitherspeaksChinesenorhasanyparticularexpertiseregardingtheirhistoryorculture,writeabook,abiggishbook,aboutChina?Thisisthequestionthattheauthormulledinsidethecoffeehouse

7、thatday.Heponderedthematter,turneditover,approacheditfromeveryangle.Andfinallyhedecidedthattherewasonlyonewaytodoit.HewouldwritehonestlyaboutChina.HewouldwritefromtheperspectiveofaguywhoneitherspeaksChinesenorhasallthatmuchknowledgepertainingtothingsChinese,aguywhospentmont

8、haftermonthjustkindofwanderingaroundthismassiveandrapidlychangingcountry,withoutap

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