Acknowledgements
Introduction into an Obscurity
Two Pilgrims
As if They Were Anxious
The End, but of What? Tang Xiaodu
The Great Journey
1. The First Steps
2. Yao, Why Are You Lying?
3. In the Captivity of Tourism
4. Requiem in Hangzhou
5. If Forgotten, It Will Be Saved
6. Redemption Omitted
7. The Invisible Library
8. The Empty Throne
Conversation on the Ruins
1. Today It’s Over, but That Didn’t Start Just Now
2. Of Course, It’s the End
3. The End? Oh Yeah, Business
4. Mama
5. The Last Mandarin
A Dream in the Courtyard of the Guangji Si[177]
In Suzhou, Not at All in Suzhou
The Road That Leads There, 1
The Road That Leads There, 2
The Road That Leads There, 3
The Spirit of China
What Remains: The End
Notes
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