Journey of a Thousand Miles : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780385524575 : 0385524579 : 08 Sep 2009 : &;Number One&; was a phrase my father&;and, for that matter, my mother&;repeated time and time again. It was a phrase spoken by my parents&; friends and by their friends&; children. Whenever adults discussed the great Chinese painters and sculptors from the ancient dynasties, there was always a single artist named as Number One. There was the Number One leader of a manufacturing plant, the Number One worker, the Number One scientist, the Number One car mechanic. In the culture of my childhood, being...