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Three Poems by 白居易 Bái Jūyì in Exile

Three Poems by 白居易 Bái Jūyì in Exile

The Turn of the Year 815: From Imperial Remonstrance to the Silence of 江州 Jiāngzhōu To understand t…

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The Frustrated Republic and the Rise of 袁世凯 Yuán Shìkǎi (1912–1916)

The Frustrated Republic and the Rise of 袁世凯 Yuán Shìkǎi (1912–1916)

The proclamation of the Republic of China (中华民国 Zhōnghuá Mínguó) on January 1, 1912, in 南京 Nánjīng …

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Prestige as a State Crime: The Tragedy of 郭解 Guō Jiě

Prestige as a State Crime: The Tragedy of 郭解 Guō Jiě

In Chapter 124 of the《史记》 Shǐjì , the Records of the Grand Historian , 司马迁 Sīmǎ Qiān undertakes one…

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The Return of the Dragon: The Beauty of a Grammar of Silence

The Return of the Dragon: The Beauty of a Grammar of Silence

Any English-speaking student confronting the study of the Chinese language for the first time exper…

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