珍珠

出版时间：2004-10  出版社：五洲传播出版社  作者：亚历克斯  页数：162  

内容概要

was in a daydream that Thursday afternoon, sitting in front of my computer, asked to write down the story of my many frequent trips to Mainland China, my livedexperiences, events and escapades with the Chinese people. Those were cherishedmemories, enthralled, full of adventure; souvenirs rich of unrivalled experiences, ofconspicuous flagrant knowledge through discovery of the old and the new.

作者简介

亚历克斯（Dalita I. Alex），Resides in Zurich, Switzerland. After finishing 2years of chemistry courses at college, she got a BA inhistory and philosophy. Married very young abusinessman, a pearl expert, who took her for the firsttime to the Far Eastern countries. First to Japan whereshe lived six years; and with the wind of change overthe pearl business, the couple deviated from theiritinerary towards China. She speaks seven languages;one of those languages is Japanese. Her frequentbusiness trips to the Far Eastern countries, especiallyChina, broadened her knowledge on many fields,mainly on Chinese philosophy, human relation andhealth issues, which contributed to her works andwritings. Her love for writing started very young,publishing articles at school and college. She is stillwriting articles in French and English on manysubjects, especially essays about minorities. Her lastbook Ageless tells us about her challenge and secrets toprolong health and beauty.

书籍目录

SECTION ONE　Our Endeavours Were Treasured with Enriched Experiences　My Choice of the Title　China, or Fulfillment of Desire　"I" 　Growing up through Vivid Images　The Pearl: My Path, My Tao, an Allegiance to the Pearl 　The Pearl Road　Invoking My Memories 　Hailing the Far East 　Changing Itineraries 　The Encounter 　Pearl, the Queen of Gems 　The Wind of Change Was Coming from China　A Big Responsibility for a Lucrative Marketing 　Efficiency and Performance 　Good Intentions Badly Interpreted 　Some Polemics about the Pearl 　Foreseeing the Future 　Big Demands Enhanced to the Cultivation of Big Pearls 　The History of Fancy （Baroque） Long and Big Pearls 　Potential Buyers 　The Symbol of a Queen 　Freshwater Pearls Are Also Queens　The Birth of a Queen 　Depletion of Thousand Oysters to Price One Pearl　The Natural Pearl （Perles Fines）　The Cultured Pearls 　The Freshwater Cultured Pearls 　The Akoya Cultured Pearls 　History of Pearls 　Hailing China 　Affirming Its Rank Siding the Big Nations 　Harnessing Nature to Recall 　Ancient Ruins, Modern Cities: China in the 1970s SECTION TWO　The Entrance Door Was Hong Kong　Omnipotent　"What Goes Around Comes Around" 　A Rich Man in Hong Kong 　On Our Way to Guangzhou 　My Husband　Back to the Train 　"What Goes Around Comes Around" 　The Reminiscence of My Chinese Old Friend 　Guangzhou 　My Predilection on Women Issue 　There Was a Snake on My Table 　"Le roi est mort, vive le roi neuf"（The King Passed Away, Long Live the New King）　Nanjing, Jiangsu 　Back to Nanjing 　Eminent Capital 　The Yangtze and Its Counterparts and Parallels 　My Birthday Cake Was Made of Trees and Wood　Our Chinese Guardian 　Buddhist Temple 　Buddhism and Its Role in China Temple without Spirit or the Ageless Spirit　Song of Poet Li Po 1O6　The Shortest Way to the Crescent Is a Straight Line IO My Acquaintances with Jade 　Jades Are Green and Multicolour and Unbounded Like Nature 　My Second Baptism　My Second Initiation 　Shanghai 　"Xintiandi" 　Historic Shanghai 　Pearl Forum　At the Golden Beach 　Beijing, the Elegant Strait-laced Capital　Looking Ahead by Looking Back 　The Hutongs 　Coming to Meet Authentic Natives ofHutong　Forbidden City 　Dowager Summer Palace　The Great Wall　Epilogue