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350 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674251182
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 13 April 2021
Description
The civil service examination essay known as shiwen (modern or contemporary prose) or bagu wen (eight-legged essay) for its complex structure was the most widely read and written literary genre in early modern China (1450-1850). As the primary mod...
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350 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780674251182
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 13 April 2021
Description
The civil service examination essay known as shiwen (modern or contemporary prose) or bagu wen (eight-legged essay) for its complex structure was the most widely read and written literary genre in early modern China (1450-1850). As the primary mod...