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The Comprehensive Manchu–Han Banquet: History, Myth, and Development 全面的满汉宴会:历史、神话与发展

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Ming Qing Yanjiu Pub Date : 2018-11-14 DOI: 10.1163/24684791-12340022

I. Yue

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Some Preliminary Observations on Chen Jian’s Thought Regarding Statecraft in Huangming Tongji 黄明通济陈謇治国思想初探

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Ming Qing Yanjiu Pub Date : 2018-11-14 DOI: 10.1163/24684791-12340018

Xing Liang Chng

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Far and Near: A Parallel Study between Lorenzo Valla and Li Zhi 远与近:洛伦佐·瓦拉与李智的比较研究

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Ming Qing Yanjiu Pub Date : 2018-11-14 DOI: 10.1163/24684791-12340019

Jingjing Li

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Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China, written by John W. Dardess 《四季：十六世纪中国的一位明皇和他的大秘书》，约翰·W·达斯著

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Ming Qing Yanjiu Pub Date : 2018-11-14 DOI: 10.1163/24684791-12340023

Hang Lin

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Autobiography and Symbolic Capital in Late Imperial China 晚清中国的自传与象征资本

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Ming Qing Yanjiu Pub Date : 2018-11-14 DOI: 10.1163/24684791-12340020

D. Pattinson

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