Lushan

Nearly five thousand feet above sea level, thickly wooded, and laid out like an Oriental equivalent of Hampstead Garden Suburb in London, with cool air, fresh streams, and luxuriant greenery, kuling on Mount Lu or Lushan was the first purpose-built mountain resort in China.

PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010

“Beauty in China,” published two months later, is a second helping of highly colored travelogue containing in the middle a double-sided snapshot of the view from Mount Lushan that looks in retrospect like a statement of intent:

PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010

The Tang court had lost some of its best soldiers just before the An Lushan Rebellion in the following year that exhausted the Tang Empire.

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

“Beauty in China,” published two months later, is a second helping of highly colored travelogue containing in the middle a double-sided snapshot of the view from Mount Lushan that looks in retrospect like a statement of intent:

PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010

Buck Research Center, Suzhou College, Anhui, for kindness and hospitality, and to Mr. MU De-hua, vice chairman, Lushan Federation of Literature and Art Circles, Guling, for much information and a guided tour.

PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010

Generals in northern frontiers represented by An Lushan held paramount military power.

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

Buck Research Center, Suzhou College, Anhui, for kindness and hospitality, and to Mr. MU De-hua, vice chairman, Lushan Federation of Literature and Art Circles, Guling, for much information and a guided tour.

PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010

Nearly five thousand feet above sea level, thickly wooded, and laid out like an Oriental equivalent of Hampstead Garden Suburb in London, with cool air, fresh streams, and luxuriant greenery, kuling on Mount Lu or Lushan was the first purpose-built mountain resort in China.

PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010

After a week or so, word reached Lushan that Feng had been bribed enough to guarantee Borodin safe conduct through his territory.

The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

Lushan, a summer resort in the mountains, had been founded by the English in the nineteenth century.

The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009