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Shanghai Literary 9/2/24 Shanghai Literary 9/2/24

Observing China: The Chan Method and the Anxiety of Knowing Without Speaking by Yan Lianke

Yan Lianke, Chinese author, novelist and professor of Chinese literature at Renmin University in Beijing, examines contemporary China through the precepts of knowing without speaking, speaking without exposing, and using mountains as lakes and mulberry trees as locust trees.