The canal being dug on the Yellow River near K'ai Feng. This early nineteenth-century sketch indicates the traditional Chinese genuis for organazing very large numbers of workers in civil engineering.Friendly competition between gangs was stimulated by prizes such as food and clothing.CHINESE CIVILIZATION from the Ming Revival to Chairman Mao by Yong Yap & Arhtur Cotterel.
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