One written word is worth a thousand pieces of gold
Mah, Adeline Yen, 1937-2002
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Main title:
One written word is worth a thousand pieces of gold / by Adeline Yen Mah
Author:
Imprint:
London HarperCollins 2002
Collation:
310 pages illustrations map
Notes:
On cover: A memoir of China's past through its proverbs
Contents:
Loss of one hair from nine oxen -- Precious treasure worth cherishing -- One written word is worth a thousand pieces of gold -- Binding your feet to prevent your own progress -- Clapping with one hand produces no sound -- When the map unrolled, the dagger is revealed -- Burning books and burying scholars -- Words that would cause a nation to perish -- Pointing to deer and calling it a horse -- Little sparrows with dreams of swans -- Destroying the cooking cauldrons and sinking the boats -- This young man is worth educating -- Banquet at Wild Goose Gate -- Dressed in the finest brocades to parade in the dark of night -- Plot to sow discord and create enmity -- The heart of the people belongs to Han -- The human heart is hard to fathom -- Devising strategies in a command tent
ISBN:
0007124503 (hardcover 9780007124503 hardcover)
Dewey class:
951 THO
Local class:
951
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3264
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 951 THO | Available |
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