Cover
Contents
Introduction: Intrinsically Extrinsic
1. The Nine Relays: Translation in China
2. Can the Barbarians Sing?
3. The Hanzi wenhua quan: Center, Periphery, and the Shaggy Borderlands
4. The Formation of China: Asymmetries in the Writing of History
5. Exiles and Emissaries amid Their New Neighbors: The View from the Edge of the World
Conclusion: Frames, Edges, Escape Codes
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index