FWIW, Chinese bonsai books are pretty common... This one isn't all that unusual...Used bookstores are your friends. And beware translations, meaning can is often veiled behind interpretation vs literal...Back in the day, someone interpreted Kimura as saying raffia needs to be soaked in ice water before it is applied. Turned out he meant cold water, but the ice water soaking for raffia became a "thing" for a while for some folks in the west.