Comments on: Pigs Again: Li Shizhen’s Ming Dynasty Map

By: C. W. Hayford

C. W. Hayford — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:28:18 +0000

OK, Alan, are you saying that what they wanted was the “skinny” on their superiors and “fatty pigs”? (I’m trying to resist anything about pork barrel spending).

By: Alan Baumler

Alan Baumler — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:08:24 +0000

Nice map. I wonder how many of these places he had actually been to and how many he was relying on information from others for. I suspect that for a lot of officials the standard “inside information” that one wanted before taking up a new post was less the typical stuff about local customs and the skinny on your superiors but if it was possible to get any good food there.

By: China Journal : Best of the China Blogs: July 3

China Journal : Best of the China Blogs: July 3 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:34:14 +0000

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