Dutch Mandarin
Barkman, C D / De Vries-Van Der Hoeven, H.![Dutch Mandarin](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/366/36695777/CHSBZCOP0336695777.jpg)
Diplomat, Asian scholar, author, calligrapher, polyglot, polymath, passionate lover of life in all its forms, Robert van Gulik researched and wrote prolifically on a diverse range of Asian subjects, such as--but certainly not limited to--Chinese scroll mounting, sexual life in ancient China and the Chinese lute--an instrument that he also mastered as a musician. In addition to his more esoteric writings, van Gulik achieved world-wide popular f...