Chinese Life

by Jonathan Clements

Originally published in Great Britain by ticktock Publishing, 2000.

29 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

About the author

Jonathan Clements is an author, translator, biographer and scriptwriter. His non-fiction works include biographies of Confucius, Marco Polo, Mao Zedong, Koxinga and Qin Shihuangdi. He also writes for NEO magazine and is the co-author of encyclopedias of anime and Japanese television dramas.

Reviews

[Ruth · Rating 3 out of 5]

1 2002: What an interesting little book. I am sure it was not written with my age group in mind but I learnt a number of things. I had always wondered about the queue - who knew (apart from the author) that it came about as the Manchu people of Northern China began to create fashions to honour their most faithful servant, the horse. Hence the servants having to wear their hair shaven at the front and plaited at the back, to resemble a horse's tail. Now, how would that go down now as a workplace dress code? "A deserted wife was called an autumn fan"