Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Author’s Note

Family Tree

Map 1 China: My Journey

Map 2 Liu Feng Shu’s Journey

Map 3 Poyang Floodplain

PROLOGUE

1 THIS IS CHINA

2 A CHICKEN TALKING WITH A DUCK

3 LIU FENG SHU

4 PANDA CHINESE

5 THE ORPHAN

6 STREET FIGHT

7 JOURNEY TO THE WEST

8 THE REAL CHINA

9 END OF PARADISE

10 FROM FAR FORMOSA

11 CITY ON FIRE

Photo Insert

12 FALLING LEAVES RETURN TO THEIR ROOTS

13 ALL DEATH IS A HOMECOMING

14 NANJING

15 NORTHERN EXPEDITION

16 A STUMBLE FROM WHICH THERE IS NO RECOVERING

17 THE NINE RIVERS

18 THE LONG VALLEY

19 XINGANG MARKS THE SPOT

20 CHASING THE MOON FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

A Note on Sources

Acknowledgments

About the Author