"The Party has accepted that it cannot eliminate Feng Shui; instead, it has placed itself as the ultimate authority on…"

"Old Testament criticism was never bound by the same rules and prejudices as the study of China or of India, and vice …"

"...the anachronistic conception that Greece and Rome alone should be considered sources of culture for us, and that t…"

"It was a foot in name only. The misshapen mass looked more like a hoof bisected by a crack."

"Strange to think it was an erotic thing. To us, the smell of rotting flesh would be unbearable. But back then men wro…"

"The bandages that women used for footbinding were about 10 feet long, so it was difficult for them to wash their feet…"

"There's not a single other woman in Liuyicun who could fit their feet into my shoes. When my generation dies, people …"