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Romanticizing the Past through Beauty Practices: Reconstructing and Recontextualizing Zhuangtai ji 妝臺記 (Record of the Dressing Table) 通过美容实践浪漫化过去：妆台记》的重构与再文本化

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Tang Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1353/tan.2023.a911975

Rebecca Doran

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The Consolidation and Transmutation of the Zhenguan-era (627–649) Court Ideology of Wen 文 (Cultural Forms) 贞观（627-649）时期文氏宫廷思想的巩固与嬗变（文化形态）

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Tang Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1353/tan.2023.a911973

Lucas Rambo Bender

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Fifth Workshop of New Frontiers in the Study of Medieval China: On Funerary Inscriptions, Elling Eide Center, May 19–20, 2023 第五届中国中世纪研究新前沿研讨会：2023年5月19-20日，艾林艾德中心，墓志铭研究

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Tang Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1353/tan.2023.a911979

Jessey Choo, A. Ditter

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The Language of Táng Poetry as Entryway into the Spoken Language of the Táng: A Preliminary Exploration 塔城诗歌语言是进入塔城口语的入口：初步探索

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Tang Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1353/tan.2023.a911976

Richard VanNess Simmons

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A Tale of Two Texts–––A New Philological Investigation of Dunhuang Manuscript P.2526 两个文本的故事--敦煌手稿 P.2526 的新语言学研究

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Tang Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1353/tan.2023.a911974

Zhinan Chen

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Biographical Dictionary of Tang Dynasty Literati ed. by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., and Michael E. Naparstek (review) 唐代文人传记辞典》，William H. Nienhauser, Jr.和 Michael E. Naparstek 编辑（评论）

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Tang Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1353/tan.2023.a911978

T. Mazanec

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Imperiled Destinies: The Daoist Quest for Deliverance in Medieval China by Franciscus Verellen (review) 《危险的命运:道家在中世纪中国寻求解脱》作者:弗朗西斯·韦伦(书评)

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Tang Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-07 DOI: 10.1353/tan.2022.0006

Ori Tavor

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Du Fu Transforms: Tradition and Ethics amid Societal Collapse by Lucas Rambo Bender (review) 《杜甫的转变:社会崩溃中的传统与伦理》作者:卢卡斯·兰博·本德

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Tang Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-07 DOI: 10.1353/tan.2022.0005

Ji Hao

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"Defying the Times": Liu Zhiji's Resignation Letter Reconsidered “逆时代而行”:重新审视刘志基的辞职信

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Tang Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-07 DOI: 10.1353/tan.2022.0001

Miao Xiaojing

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The Zhenzheng lun by Xuanyi: A Buddhist Apologetic Scripture of Tang China by Thomas Jülch (review) 玄义《正正论》:汤玛斯·杰·李奇的《唐代佛教护经》(书评)

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Tang Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-07 DOI: 10.1353/tan.2022.0007

N. Williams

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