Testing the Literary : : Prose and the Aesthetic in Early Modern China / / Alexander Des Forges.

"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 mode of expression in which educated individuals w...

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Superior document:Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series ; Volume 125
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, Massachussetts : : Harvard University Asia Center,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; Volume 125.
Physical Description:1 online resource (308 pages).
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