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JIAN
Eric Van Lustbader

Villard Books Х New York Х 1985


Copyright (c) 1985 by Eric Van Lustbader
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
Published in the United States by Villard Books, a division of Random House, Inc.,
New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Lustbader, Eric Van.
Jian. I. Title.
PS3562.U752J5 1985 813'.54 85-40184 ISBN 0-394-54328-9
Grateful acknowledgment is made to Doubleday and Company, Inc., for permission to reprint
an excerpt from "Haiku by Masaoki Shiki" from An Introduction to Haiku by Harold G.
Henderson. Copyright (c) 1958 by Harold G. Henderson. Reprinted by permission of
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Manufactured in the United States of America
98765432
First Edition
CALLIGRAPHY BY CARMA H1NTON BOOK DESIGN BY LILLY LANGOTSKY


VICTORIA, EUGENIE AND ELI, HENRY AND CAROL, HERB AND RONI, JUDY, AND SUE AND STU
Kung Hei Fat Choy!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Without my wife, Victoria's, invaluable and loving editorial contribution, Jian would be a far different book.

To all at the Asia Society who helped, especially Daisy Kwoh, for translations.

To all at China Books and Periodicals who helped.

Thanks to Henry Morrison for, as always, his expertise.

Editorial and psychic support: Peter Gethers.

Special thanks for their belief: Susan Petersen and Leona Nevler.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Except for easily recognizable characters out of history, no character in Jian bears any resemblance to any real person, living or dead.
Although I have been as accurate as possible, certain events have been moved up or back in the calendar year in order to conform with the internal logic of the story.


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