China Off Center

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China Off Center Mapping the Margins of the Middle Kingdom EDITED BY SUSAN D. BLUM AND LIONEL M. JENSEN University of Hawai‘i Press Honolulu © 2002 University of Hawai‘i Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 07 06 05 04 03 02 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data China off center: mapping the margins of the middle kingdom / edited by Susan D. Blum and Lionel M. Jensen. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-8248-2335-4 (alk. paper)—isbn 0-8248-2577-2 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. China—Social conditions—1976– I. Blum, Susan Debra. II. Jensen, Lionel M. hn733.5 .m35 2002 306' .0951—dc21 2002002101 Maps by Carola Hiltawksy. Maps in chapter 10 adapted by Carola Hiltawsky from Mary S. Erbaugh, “The Secret History of the Hakkas,” China Quarterly 132 (Dec. 1992). University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources. Designed by Kaelin Chappell Printed by The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group I heard that south of the capital city There thrived a menagerie of mountains amassed, East and west bordering both seas, I struggled to delve into all, both great and small. The Mountain Classic and other geographical works Are confused and vague without oral traditions. So collecting my phrases I tried writing an abstract, But knew each point recalled meant a thousand forgotten. I should have stopped but truthfully was unwilling, So roughly I recount now only things I saw. han yü (768–824) Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. . . . william butler yeats To our teachers and to our students, friends and fellow travelers in the passage from here to there ...