Chong Juan Shang Shu Ti Zhu Da Quan Great Complete Compendium Of Substantive Comments To The

by Shen Cai Yunlong Zhu Fan Zideng

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Nine full-page & one double-page woodcut illus. and one vignette. Four vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, old stitching. China : Dun hua tang 敦化堂, 1718. A commercial edition of the Confucian Document Classic, probably intended for candidates for the civil service examinations. The Document Classic, or Venerated Documents, “was recognized during the Han dynasty as one of the ‘Five Classics’ and has served for more

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