A Thousand Pieces of Gold : A Memoir of China's Past Through its Proverbs Condition:Like New Thousands of new references and

Thousands of new references and dozens of new topics have been added to this edition

A revolution

lonely hearts and mysterious women

Filled with practical advice

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A Thousand Pieces of Gold : A Memoir of China's Past Through its Proverbs Condition:Like New Thousands of new references andThe author of the international bestsellers Watching the Tree and Falling Leaves has always been fascinated by proverbs and their importance and use in China. Both her book titles are based on such proverbs. The majority of Chinese proverbs are drawn from the 1st century, when the First King of all China established his leadership over the whole country and its warring kingdoms. In ancient China, a scholar's conversation would be studded with