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Welcome to the second post of our read a long of The Social Life of Inkstones: Artisans and Scholars in Early Qing China by Dorothy Ko! For this post we are reading: "Chapter 2 Yellow Hill Villages: The Stonecutters"

Previous posts:
Introduction
Chapter 1

You are welcome to join in at any time!

In this chapter we looked at the quarries where Duran stone was mined. Here are some optional discussion questions:

What where the main arguments in this chapter? Did you find them convincing?

This chapter had fewer historical figures and fewer inkstones than last chapter, but did any of the ones mentioned or pictured stand out to you?

What did this chapter make you want to learn more about?

Did anything in this chapter remind you of fiction you enjoy? Or inspire creative writing thoughts fic or otherwise?

Date: 2022-07-28 08:49 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] blueshiftofdeath

Oh yay!! :D I'm so glad to hear that!! I was a little worried about spamming your inbox after the read along had already ended, so I'm relieved as well haha! I just finished chapter 3 this past weekend... it's so interesting and I've been having a great time chugging along :D thank you for alerting me to this book! (And I saw about your RSI (?) in another post-- hope that heals smoothly!)

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