Classification into numbers has long exercised a peculiar fascination over the Chinese mind. There is a tendency to group almost everything into classes, right up to ten thousand. This is a book of reference and intended to be dipped into when necessary to learn about a particular Chinese number or category. But it will be found interesting to browse through..
10,000 Categories will help to make Chinese history a little more understandable, and be of benefit and interest to the casual reader as well as the specialist.