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Based on first-hand experience, this entrancing narrative of daily life in Peking in the first decades of this century makes vivid the milieu of a fictional family--the traditionally-minded, lower middle- class family of Wu. The author uses experiences of the Wu family's son from birth to marriage to convey in rich detail a vanished way of life, including children's games, nursery rhymes, and education; flowers and foods; street entertainers, folk amusements, and acrobatics; religions; jokes and poems; and a great deal more.

Originally published in 1983.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Original Publisher's Note
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-xii
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  1. Introduction
  2. Derk Bodde
  3. pp. xiii-xx
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xxi-xxii
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  1. Introducing the Wu Family [Volume I]
  2. pp. 1-10
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  1. A Son is Born
  2. pp. 11-17
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  1. The Third Day Bath
  2. pp. 18-25
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  1. The Full Month Celebration
  2. pp. 26-42
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  1. The Visit to the Grandparents
  2. pp. 43-51
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  1. The First Year Passes
  2. pp. 52-67
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  1. A Doctor is Consulted
  2. pp. 68-78
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  1. The Miao Feng Shan Pilgrimage
  2. pp. 79-95
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  1. Chinese Nursery Rhymes
  2. pp. 96-102
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  1. Famous Flowers of Peking
  2. pp. 103-110
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  1. Three Picturesque Temple
  2. pp. 111-117
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  1. Amusements in Season
  2. pp. 118-126
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  1. Home Gardens
  2. pp. 127-133
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  1. Games for Children
  2. pp. 134-140
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  1. The Dragon Boat Festival
  2. pp. 141-148
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  1. The Temple Outside Hata Men
  2. pp. 149-153
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  1. Teashop Storytellers
  2. pp. 154-158
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  1. A Popular Fair
  2. pp. 159-168
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  1. Summer Pastimes
  2. pp. 169-181
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  1. First Steps to Knowledge
  2. pp. 182-186
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  1. A Fishing Expedition
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  1. Little Bald Head goes to School
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  1. Old Mr, Wu's Birthday
  2. pp. 209-220
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  1. The Seventh Day of the Seventh Month
  2. pp. 221-231
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  1. Ancestor Worship [end of Volume I]
  2. pp. 232-239
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  1. Water Plants and Dragons [Volume II]
  2. pp. 1-5
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  1. The Ways of Peking Pigeons
  2. pp. 6-15
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  1. The Importance Of Friendship
  2. pp. 16-21
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  1. The Coming of Autumn
  2. pp. 22-30
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  1. The Mid-Autumn Festival
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  1. In Search of a Pekingese
  2. pp. 42-49
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  1. Yellow Wine and White Wine
  2. pp. 50-55
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  1. Hunting in Ancient China
  2. pp. 56-62
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  1. The Festival of the Double Yang
  2. pp. 63-74
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  1. Old Mr. Wu Becomes Ill
  2. pp. 75-84
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  1. Death Procedures
  2. pp. 85-93
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  1. Funeral Ceremonies
  2. pp. 94-109
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  1. The Funeral is Held
  2. pp. 110-130
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  1. Skates, Chess and Porridge
  2. pp. 131-139
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  1. Preparing for the New Year
  2. pp. 140-154
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  1. The Lunar New Year
  2. pp. 155-161
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  1. Visiting the Temples
  2. pp. 162-173
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  1. The Chang Tien-Erh Fair
  2. pp. 174-189
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  1. The Betrothal of Young Wu
  2. pp. 190-206
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  1. Young Wu is Married [end of Volume II]
  2. pp. 207-228
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 229-250
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  1. Errata
  2. pp. 251-252
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