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Wang Daokun and Huizhou Mercantile Lineage Culture

Mar 24 2022
By Qitao Guo, author of Huizhou: Local Identity and Mercantile Lineage Culture in Ming ChinaWang Daokun (1525-1593) was a literary luminary of empire-wide standing in the Ming dynasty; he represents an outstanding instance of Confucian scholar-official engagement in local matters in his home pre
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On The First English Translation of the Classic Chinese Encyclopedia, Ben cao gang mu

Feb 16 2022
By Paul U. Unschuld, translator of the Ben cao gang mu seriesThe Ben cao gang mu series is the first complete and annotated translation of the classic work, combining the original Chinese text and its English equivalent.The Ben cao gang mu is a unique document based on literal quotes fro
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