stopped. What else? sidiary aims. It was hot. 6 about the girls was so important it counted for at least four On 7 through Io,he was stuck until he realized that number 6.I will on no account have anything to do with girls. 5.I will on no account keep eating after everyone else has 4.I will eat only what I like,instead of eating everything. 3.I will do five minutes of calisthenics daily. 2.I will bring honor to the family. as the saying went,there was no carving rotten wood.) I.I will cultivate virtue.(A true scholar being a good scholar; rolled up to hand his father.He also wrote down a list of sub- class,and he was not going home until he had his doctorate out two main goals for himself.He was going to be first in his ken-backed books,and as the boat rocked and pitched he set his physics,his English,struggling for long hours with his bro- On the way to America,Yifeng studied.He reviewed his math, Yifeng nodded."I'll remember him always." slid a wristwatch into Yifeng's hand. true ships in the distance,the ragtag boats by the shore-she dock.As his father stared off into the Shanghai harbor-at the "Your father would like to give you this,"she told him at the trunk full of Western-style clothes. His mother arranged a send-off banquet,packed him a black "A degree,"he echoed dully. as everyone agreed.He could bring back a degree! training,but for graduate study.A much greater opportunity, vately,not through the government,and not for advanced field anyway,his stomach burbling with fool hope.But it was pri- 9 shrugged,sheepish."Interesting." like that,a mosquito.) two notes. American spectacle,without his looking up once. Years later,when he told this story,he'd claim that the only How was anyone supposed to be able to read? That splendor!That radiance!True,it wasn't the Statue of Golden Gate Bridge. more than itself.For girls,he knew,were what happened to even