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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION xv
5. NOTE ON THE MAPS xix
6. Introduction 1
7. Act I: Childhood (1930– 1941)
8. Chapter One. Birth and Recognition 31
9. Chapter Two. Special Education 42
10. Chapter Three. Just a Kid 57
11. Act II: The Lhasa Trip and Monastic Life (1941– 1948)
12. Chapter Four. On the Road 65
13. Chapter Five. Life at Drepung 80
14. Chapter Six. On Freedom 97
15. Act III: Heaven and Hell in the New China (1949– 1976)
16. Chapter Seven. Reshuffling Powers 109
17. Chapter Eight. New Society, New Life 123
18. Chapter Nine. The Calm Before the Storm 136
19. Chapter Ten. The Democratic Reform 156
20. Chapter Eleven. Riding the Revolutionary Tides 168
21. Act IV: An Intellectual Life (1966/1977– )
22. Chapter Twelve. From Cowshed to College 187
23. Chapter Thirteen. The Closing Age of Giants 199
24. Chapter Fourteen. The Last Breath 210
25. NOTES 221
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 255
27. INDEX 271