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Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring

Author : Xiping Fan
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781497555198
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (551 download)

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Download or read book Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring written by Xiping Fan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fan Xiping (1709 - ?), titled guoshou and go saint, was one of the strongest players in the Qing dynasty. Together with Shi Xiangxia, their Ten-Game Match at Danghu is widely regarded as the pinnacle of go in ancient China. In the masterpiece Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring, Fan summarizes his unique findings from his lifelong research with an exposition of 20 basic positions in over 400 variations. Table of Contents: Foreword Preface Part I 9-5 Cap (44 variations) 3-6 Invasion (28 variations) Entering the Corner with the Very Large Knight's Move (12 variations) 3-6 Invasion After Diagonal Attachment (24 variations) 3-5 Invasion and Hane (40 variations) Attacking with Two-Space Extension and Keima (36 variations) Corner Seal (7 variations) Inappropriate Corner Seal (6 variations) Kosumi Seal (16 variations) Jump Seal After Diagonal Attachment (11 variations) Keima Seal After Diagonal Attachment (9 variations) 9-4 Press (4 variations) Part II 5-6 Keima Attack (44 variations) Double Kakari (56 variations) Three-Space Extension (16 variations) 3-5 Invasion (15 variations) 2-5 Invasion (21 variations) Clamp Invasion After Diagonal Attachment (6 variations) Clamp Invasion After Attachment and Jump (8 variations) Cross Cut (55 variations) 271 pages Sensei's Library: http://senseis.xmp.net/?PeachBlossom ==================== Translations by Ruoshi Sun: Three-Stone Games by Guo Bailing https://www.createspace.com/4590413 Four-Stone Games by Guo Bailing Part I https://www.createspace.com/4592900 Part II https://www.createspace.com/4633416 Games of Wonder by Wu Jun and Wu Jiong http://www.createspace.com/4733019 Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring by Fan Xiping http://www.createspace.com/4742860

Peach Blossom Spring

Author : Melissa Fu
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0316288691
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Peach Blossom Spring written by Melissa Fu and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "beautifully rendered" novel about war, migration, and the power of telling our stories, Peach Blossom Spring follows three generations of a Chinese family on their search for a place to call home (Georgia Hunter, New York Times bestselling author). A country at war. A family searching for home. China, 1938. Meilin and her four-year-old son, Renshu, flee their burning city as Japanese forces advance. On the perilous journey that follows, across a China transformed by war, they find comfort and wisdom in their most treasured possession, a beautifully illustrated hand scroll filled with ancient fables. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. Though his daughter, Lily, is desperate to understand her heritage, he refuses to talk about his childhood in China. How can he tell his story when he's left so much behind? Spanning continents and generations, Peach Blossom Spring is a bold and moving story about the haunting power of our past, the sacrifices we make to protect our children, and one family's search for a place to call home. A BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB PICK AND NOMINEE FOR "BOOK OF THE YEAR" NOMINATED FOR THE GOODREADS CHOICE "BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR" "An accomplished first novel." —New York Times Book Review "A stunning achievement . . . I absolutely adored this novel about love and war, migration and belonging.” —Christy Lefteri, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo "I so enjoyed this book." —Alisa Chang, NPR's All Things Considered "Magical and powerful, Peach Blossom Spring brings to life the costs of wars and conflicts while illuminating the spirit of human survival.”―Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, author of The Mountains Sing “Expansive, atmospheric, and affecting.” —Susie Yang, author of White Ivy

Peach Blossom Spring

Author : Fergus M. Bordewich
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780671787103
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book Peach Blossom Spring written by Fergus M. Bordewich and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he accidentally discovers a beautiful hidden valley inhabited by contented people, a fisherman is asked to return but only if he tells no one where he's been.

Peach Blossom Pavilion

Author : Mingmei Yip
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007570139
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Peach Blossom Pavilion written by Mingmei Yip and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torn from her family. Destined to become the most desired courtesan in China. A seductive and evocative debut that opens the doors on life as a Chinese courtesan in the Peach Blossom Pavilion...

The Book of Longings

Author : Sue Monk Kidd
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698408195
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Longings written by Sue Monk Kidd and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An extraordinary novel . . . a triumph of insight and storytelling.” —Associated Press “A true masterpiece.” —Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed An extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings In her mesmerizing fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd takes an audacious approach to history and brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she is rebellious and ambitious, with a brilliant mind and a daring spirit. She engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes narratives about neglected and silenced women. Ana is expected to marry an older widower, a prospect that horrifies her. An encounter with eighteen-year-old Jesus changes everything. Their marriage evolves with love and conflict, humor and pathos in Nazareth, where Ana makes a home with Jesus, his brothers, and their mother, Mary. Ana's pent-up longings intensify amid the turbulent resistance to Rome's occupation of Israel, partially led by her brother, Judas. She is sustained by her fearless aunt Yaltha, who harbors a compelling secret. When Ana commits a brazen act that puts her in peril, she flees to Alexandria, where startling revelations and greater dangers unfold, and she finds refuge in unexpected surroundings. Ana determines her fate during a stunning convergence of events considered among the most impactful in human history. Grounded in meticulous research and written with a reverential approach to Jesus's life that focuses on his humanity, The Book of Longings is an inspiring, unforgettable account of one woman's bold struggle to realize the passion and potential inside her, while living in a time, place and culture devised to silence her. It is a triumph of storytelling both timely and timeless, from a masterful writer at the height of her powers.

This Tender Land

Author : William Kent Krueger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476749310
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book This Tender Land written by William Kent Krueger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “If you liked Where the Crawdads Sing, you’ll love This Tender Land...This story is as big-hearted as they come.” —Parade The unforgettable story of four orphans who travel the Mississippi River on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. In the summer of 1932, on the banks of Minnesota’s Gilead River, Odie O’Banion is an orphan confined to the Lincoln Indian Training School, a pitiless place where his lively nature earns him the superintendent’s wrath. Forced to flee after committing a terrible crime, he and his brother, Albert, their best friend, Mose, and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own. Over the course of one summer, these four orphans journey into the unknown and cross paths with others who are adrift, from struggling farmers and traveling faith healers to displaced families and lost souls of all kinds. With the feel of a modern classic, This Tender Land is an enthralling, big-hearted epic that shows how the magnificent American landscape connects us all, haunts our dreams, and makes us whole.

The Family

Author : Naomi Krupitsky
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525541993
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Family written by Naomi Krupitsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Instant New York Times bestseller A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A captivating debut novel about the tangled fates of two best friends and daughters of the Italian mafia, and a coming-of-age story of twentieth-century Brooklyn itself. Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate. Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers’ unspoken community: the Family. Sunday dinners gather them each week to feast, discuss business, and renew the intoxicating bond borne of blood and love. But the disappearance of Antonia’s father drives a whisper-thin wedge between the girls as they grow into women, wives, mothers, and leaders. Their hearts expand in tandem with Red Hook and Brooklyn around them, as they push against the boundaries of society’s expectations and fight to preserve their complex but life-sustaining friendship. One fateful night their loyalty to each other and the Family will be tested. Only one of them can pull the trigger before it’s too late.

Everything Here is Beautiful

Author : Mira T. Lee
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735221960
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Everything Here is Beautiful written by Mira T. Lee and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of "two sisters--Miranda, the older, responsible one, always her younger sister's protector, [and] Lucia, the headstrong, unpredictable one, whose impulses are huge and often life changing. When their mother dies and Lucia starts hearing voices, it is Miranda who must find a way to reach her sister. But Lucia impetuously plows ahead, marrying a big-hearted, older man only to leave him suddenly to have a baby with a young Latino immigrant. She moves her new family from the States to Ecuador and back again, but the bitter constant is that she is, in fact, mentally ill"--

The People We Keep

Author : Allison Larkin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982171308
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The People We Keep written by Allison Larkin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Little River, New York, 1994: April Sawicki is living in a run-down motorhome, flunking out of school, and picking up shifts at the local diner. But when April realizes she's finally had enough-enough of her selfish, absent father and barely surviving in an unfeeling town-she decides to make a break for it. Stealing a car and with only her music to keep her company, April hits the road, determined to live life on her own terms. She manages to scrape together a meaningful existence as she travels, encountering people and places she's never dreamed of, and could never imagine deserving. From lifelong friendships to tragic heartbreaks, April chronicles her journey in the beautiful music she creates as she discovers that home is with the people you choose to keep. "Allison Larkin knows her characters so well," (Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor Park) and brings her "tender, and real" (Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones The Six) prose to this unflinching, lyrical tale that is perfect for anyone who has ever yearned for the fierce power of belonging or to understand the profound beauty of a family found along the way"--

We Were the Lucky Ones

Author : Georgia Hunter
Publisher : Random House Large Print
ISBN 13 : 0593911598
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (939 download)

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Download or read book We Were the Lucky Ones written by Georgia Hunter and published by Random House Large Print. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller with more than 1 million copies sold worldwide | Now a Hulu limited series starring Joey King and Logan Lerman Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite—We Were the Lucky Ones is a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds. “Love in the face of global adversity? It couldn't be more timely.” —Glamour It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety. As one sibling is forced into exile, another attempts to flee the continent, while others struggle to escape certain death, either by working grueling hours on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as gentiles in plain sight. Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity, and inner strength to persevere. An extraordinary, propulsive novel, We Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century’s darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive.

The Four Winds

Author : Kristin Hannah
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250178622
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Four Winds written by Kristin Hannah and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Bestselling Hardcover Novel of the Year."--Publishers Weekly From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them. “My land tells its story if you listen. The story of our family.” Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows. By 1934, the world has changed; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the plains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying, including Elsa’s tenuous marriage; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive. In this uncertain and perilous time, Elsa—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west, to California, in search of a better life for her family. The Four Winds is a rich, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who lived through it—the harsh realities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity, The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.

The Peach Blossom Fan

Author : K'ung Shang-jen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520322312
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Peach Blossom Fan written by K'ung Shang-jen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Library of Legends

Author : Janie Chang
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062851519
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book The Library of Legends written by Janie Chang and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A gorgeous, poetic journey threaded with . . . magic about a group from a Chinese university who take to the road to escape the Japanese invasion of 1937” —Kate Quinn, New York Times–bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Huntress China, 1937: When Japanese fall on the city of Nanking, Hu Lian and her classmates at Minghua University are ordered to flee. Lian and a convoy of more than a hundred students, faculty, and staff must walk a thousand miles to the safety of China’s western provinces, a journey marred by hunger, cold, and the threat of aerial attack. And it is not just the student refugees who are at risk: Lian and her classmates have been entrusted with a priceless treasure, a 500-year-old collection of myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends. Within the convoy, Lian finds friendship and romance with handsome Liu Shaoming. But after one classmate is murdered and another arrested, Lian must escape before a family secret puts her in danger. Accompanied by Shao and his maidservant Sparrow, Lian makes her way to Shanghai, hoping to reunite with her mother. On the journey, Lian learns of the connection between her two companions and a tale from the Library of Legends, The Willow Star and the Prince. Learning Shao and Sparrow’s true identities compels Lian to confront her feelings for Shao. But there are broader consequences too, for as the ancient books travel across China, they awaken immortals and guardian spirits to embark on an exodus of their own, one that changes the country’s fate forever. “Janie Chang has beautifully melded history and the spirit world to create an adventurous love story.” —Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author of Shanghai Girls

Fragile Monsters

Author : Catherine Menon
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780241988978
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (889 download)

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Download or read book Fragile Monsters written by Catherine Menon and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary is a difficult grandmother for Durga to love. Sharp-tongued and ferocious, Durga hopes simply to endure her and the memories of her past when she visits rural Malaysia. But when a reckoning comes, both women find they must unravel generations of secrets. What happened to Durga's mother? Why did so many of their family members disappear during the war? And who is to blame for the childhood tragedy that haunts Durga to this day? Tracing one family's story from 1920 to the present, Fragile Monsters is a thrilling tale of love, family and betrayal set against the backdrop of natural disasters and fallen empires.

Woman on Fire

Author : Lisa Barr
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063040891
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Woman on Fire written by Lisa Barr and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An exuberant and propulsive thriller laced with sex, art, and history. Lisa Barr has created an unforgettable story that forces readers to question where the line should be drawn between the pursuit of justice and the hunt for revenge.”—Alyson Richman, bestselling author of The Secret of Clouds From the author of the award-winning Fugitive Colors and The Unbreakables, a gripping tale of a young, ambitious journalist embroiled in an international art scandal centered around a Nazi-looted masterpiece—forcing the ultimate showdown between passion and possession, lovers and liars, history and truth. After talking her way into a job with Dan Mansfield, the leading investigative reporter in Chicago, rising young journalist Jules Roth is given an unusual—and very secret—assignment. Dan needs her to locate a painting stolen by the Nazis more than 75 years earlier: legendary Expressionist artist Ernst Engel’s most famous work, Woman on Fire. World-renowned shoe designer Ellis Baum wants this portrait of a beautiful, mysterious woman for deeply personal reasons, and has enlisted Dan’s help to find it. But Jules doesn’t have much time; the famous designer is dying. Meanwhile, in Europe, provocative and powerful Margaux de Laurent also searches for the painting. Heir to her art collector family’s millions, Margaux is a cunning gallerist who gets everything she wants. The only thing standing in her way is Jules. Yet the passionate and determined Jules has unexpected resources of her own, including Adam Baum, Ellis’s grandson. A recovering addict and brilliant artist in his own right, Adam was once in Margaux’s clutches. He knows how ruthless she is, and he’ll do anything to help Jules locate the painting before Margaux gets to it first. A thrilling tale of secrets, love, and sacrifice that illuminates the destructive cruelty of war and greed and the triumphant power of beauty and love, Woman on Fire tells the story of a remarkable woman and an exquisite work of art that burns bright, moving through hands, hearts, and history.

The Celestial Arsenal

Author : Xuanyu Lu
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781522709190
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Celestial Arsenal written by Xuanyu Lu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-20 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Celestial Arsenal, one of the most important works in go literature, represents the highest level of go in the late Ming dynasty. It is a comprehensive collection of hundreds of famous games, corner and side josekis, opening and invasion patterns, and over 400 life-and-death problems. 500 pages Sensei's Library: http: //senseis.xmp.net/?xianjiwuku ==================== Translations by Ruoshi Sun: "Three-Stone Games" by Guo Bailing https: //www.createspace.com/4590413 "Four-Stone Games" by Guo Bailing Part I https: //www.createspace.com/4592900 Part II https: //www.createspace.com/4633416 "Games of Wonder" by Wu Jun and Wu Jiong http: //www.createspace.com/4733019 "Go Book of Peach Blossom Spring" by Fan Xiping http: //www.createspace.com/4742860 "The Celestial Arsenal" by Lu Xuanyu http: //www.createspace.com/5932849

Forgotten Kingdom

Author : Peter Goullart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781927077436
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (774 download)

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Download or read book Forgotten Kingdom written by Peter Goullart and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Goullart was brought up in the Orient and spent most of his life there. Forgotten Kingdom describes his years in the ancient forgotten Chinese Kingdom of Nakhi in Yunnan, by the Tibetan border, where, as a representative of the Chinese Industrial Co-operatives, he really mixed with the people and the culture. It is is a book about paradise by a man who lived there for nine years. It is not easy to write a good book about paradise, but people are Mr. Goullart's forte, and when he mixes us up with the Nakhis he delivers us up to his idyll. Likiang itself, its sunlight and its owners and its rushing waters, its wine shops and caravans, its glints of danger, its swagger and its happy laughter, is beautifully captured in his story of adapting to and living in the Lijiang culture. "Forbidden Kingdom" is an incredible verbal picture painted by Peter Goullart's first-hand account of the changes that happened during the 1940's in the Naxi Chinese area. Forgotten Kingdom was written during the time when this "Silk Road" Town was the only access point for outside goods to China during WWII.