Falling leaves return to their roots = Luo ye gui gen : the true story of an unwanted Chinese daughter / Luo ye gui gen True story of an unwanted Chinese daughter Adeline Yen Mah. - ix, 278 pages ; 20 cm

Originally published: Great Britain : Michael Joseph, 1997. Includes index.

Men Dang Hu Dui: The Appropriate Door Fits the Frame of the Correct House -- Dian Tie Cheng Jin: Converting Iron into Gold -- Ru Ying Sui Xing: Inseparable as Each Other's Shadows -- Xiu Se Ke Can: Surpassing Loveliness Good Enough to Feast Upon -- Yi Chang Chun Meng: An Episode of a Spring Dream -- Jia Chou Bu Ke Wai Yang: Family Ugliness Should Never be Aired in Public -- Yuan Mu Qiu Yu: Climbing a Tree to Seek for Fish -- Yi Shi Tong Ren: Extend the Same Treatment to All -- Ren Jie Di Ling: Inspired Scholar in an Enchanting Land -- Du Ri Ru Nian: Each Day Passes Like a Year -- Zi Chu Ji Zhu: Original Ideas in Literary Composition -- Tong Chuang Yi Meng: Same Bed, Different Dreams -- Yi Qin Yi He: One Lute, One Crane -- Fu Zhong You Yu: Fish Swimming in a Cauldron -- Pi Ma Dan Qiang: One Horse, Single Spear -- Jia Ji Shui Ji: Marry a Chicken, Follow a Chicken -- Zhong Gua De Gua: You Plant Melons, You Reap Melons -- Xin Ru Si Hui: Hearts Reduced to Ashes -- Fu Zhong Lin Jia: Scales and Shells in the Belly -- Tian Zuo Zhi He: Heaven-Made Union -- Si Mian Chu Ge: Besieged by Hostile Forces on All Sides -- Cu Cha Dan Fan: Coarse Tea and Plain Rice -- Yin Shui Si Yuan: While Drinking Water, Remember the Source -- Yi Dao Liang Duan: Sever This Kinship with One Whack of the Knife -- Wu Feng Qi Lang: Creating Waves Without Wind -- Jin Zhu Zhe Chi, Jin Mo Zhe Hei: Near Vermilion, One Gets Stained Red -- Near Ink, One Gets Stained Black -- Jiu Rou Peng You: Wine and Meat Friends -- Wu Tou Gong An: Headless and Clueless Case -- Kai Men Yi Dao: Opened the Door to Salute the Thief -- Yan Er Dao Ling: Steal the Bell While Covering Your Ears -- Luo Ye Gui Gen: Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots.

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