The Age of Openness: China before Mao Xiatu (原DangDang) 在內容上，詩集包含了新古典風格的小品和實驗性的長篇詩作，體現了余光中從現代化實驗期向新古典期的過渡。例如，詩集中的《圓通寺》一詩，已顯露出《蓮的聯想》時期的風格特徵，而《憂鬱狂想曲》等作品則展現了他在詩歌形式和語言上的大膽嘗試。

在內容上，詩集包含了新古典風格的小品和實驗性的長篇詩作，體現了余光中從現代化實驗期向新古典期的過渡。例如，詩集中的《圓通寺》一詩，已顯露出《蓮的聯想》時期的風格特徵，而《憂鬱狂想曲》等作品則展現了他在詩歌形式和語言上的大膽嘗試。

and heartbreaking account of people in formerly Communist countries holding fast to their former lives

” – Japanese proverb Walk through Meiji reforms

地圖集共八冊，範圍從遠古時期到清朝。內容主要是中國歷史上各時期中某個年份的一級及二級政區圖，而並不反映歷史事件。共有圖304幅。

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The Age of Openness: China before Mao Xiatu (原DangDang) 在內容上，詩集包含了新古典風格的小品和實驗性的長篇詩作，體現了余光中從現代化實驗期向新古典期的過渡。例如，詩集中的《圓通寺》一詩，已顯露出《蓮的聯想》時期的風格特徵，而《憂鬱狂想曲》等作品則展現了他在詩歌形式和語言上的大膽嘗試。The era between empire and communism is routinely portrayed as a catastrophic interlude in China's modern history. But in this book, Frank Diktter shows that the first half of the twentieth century was characterized by unprecedented openness. He argues that from 1900 to 1949, all levels of Chinese society were seeking engagement with the rest of the world and that pursuit of openness was particularly evident in four areas: governance, including