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Scholars in Disguise: The Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucian Reappraisal of the Merchant Class in Late Ming 伪装中的文人：程朱理学对晚明商人阶层的重新评价

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Ming Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI: 10.1080/0147037X.2020.1772556

C. Fu

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Ming News 明报

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Ming Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI: 10.1080/0147037X.2020.1812914

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Preface 前言

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Ming Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI: 10.1080/0147037X.2020.1812913

Ihor Pidhainy

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Ming Vernacular Fiction Studies: A View of the Field from the Inside by Robert Hegel 明代白话小说研究:黑格尔的场域观

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Ming Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI: 10.1080/0147037X.2020.1766803

Scott W. Gregory

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Bibliography of Works by John Wolfe Dardess 约翰·沃尔夫·达斯作品参考书目

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Ming Studies Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI: 10.1080/0147037X.2020.1784605

Compiled by Vickie Fu Doll

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Obituary for John Dardess 约翰·达斯的讣告