ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Agony and bliss12Cryptograms vs. pictograms203The Great Wall of China and other exotic fables404Dave Barry vs. the intellectuals545How would a magician memorize Chinese characters?716Lord Chesterfield and the Mandarins847Where do hunches come from?1118In the basement under the Chinese Room1319Converging strands: can "ideogram" be salvaged?151Notes169References177Index191