Author’s note: Some of the names, locations, and details of events in this book have
been changed to protect the privacy of persons involved.
Some Chinese names and terms are spelled using the old Wade-Giles transliteration
system, others using the Pinyin system, depending
on the source material to which the author referred.
Copyright © 2007 by Herbert Kohl
All illustrations by Herbert Kohl unless otherwise indicated.
Figures on pages 20, 21, 62, and 65 copyright © Jose Arenas.
Characters and stamp on pages 99 and 100 copyright © Joseph Zhuoqing Yan.
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Kohl, Herbert R.
Painting Chinese : a lifelong teacher gains the wisdom of youth / Herbert Kohl.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 978-1-59691-052-2 (hardcover)
1. Kohl, Herbert R. 2. Teachers-United States-Biography. 3. Teaching. 4. Learning. 5.
Aging. I. Title.
LA2317.K64A3 2007
371.10092-dc22
[B]
2006039324
First published by Bloomsbury USA in 2007
This e-book edition published in 2011
E-book ISBN: 978-1-60819-652-4