"A hollowed-out space in living rock is a totally different environment from a building constructed of quarried stone.…"

"Over the last 20 years or so evidence has grown that the hub of ancient long-distance seafaring was Southeast and eas…"

"In our country it would not be necessary to wash that child; he might be roasted at once."

"Qiaoxian town officials treated me to lunch. On that day, the main course was sautéed pig's liver. I tried very hard …"

"When people do not respect our [traditions], they become enemies, and we don't consider our enemies to be human any m…"

"Killing people is as easy as killing pigs. Children cry out for help but no one answers them. They are killed with a …"

"And when morning came with its sheen and shone, we arose and walked about the island to the right and left, till we c…"

"You should know that they eat all manner of foul things and any kind of meat, including human flesh, which they devou…"

"One day they Liu Pei and Yüan-tê] sought shelter at a house whence a youth came out and made a low obeisance. They as…"

"In time, the Chinese developed a taste for human meat.... T'ao Tsung-yi, a writer during the Yüan dynasty [1271–1368]…"