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"The Return of Wen-chi to Ying-chuan," scene from the Chinese handscroll "The
Life of Lady Ts'ai-chi," anonymous, ink and colour on silk, 12th century, Sung
dynasty. In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Detail of the scroll 25 X 55.8 cm.
"The Return of Wen-chi to Ying-chuan," scene from the Chinese handscroll "The
Life of Lady Ts'ai-chi," anonymous, ink and colour on silk, 12th century, Sung
dynasty. In the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Detail of the scroll 25 X 55.8 cm.
Page 478
Among them are rare copies of ancient manuscripts and books of five dynastic
periods from the Sung to the Ch'ing, including a vast number of manuscript
volumes on different subjects, copies of Buddhist sutras dating to the 6th century,
old ...
Among them are rare copies of ancient manuscripts and books of five dynastic
periods from the Sung to the Ch'ing, including a vast number of manuscript
volumes on different subjects, copies of Buddhist sutras dating to the 6th century,
old ...
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The Sung dynasty (960- 1279) instituted a parallel express service for military
correspondence, its couriers regularly traveling as far as 124 miles in a day and
even more in cases of extreme urgency. The postal network that had evolved
under ...
The Sung dynasty (960- 1279) instituted a parallel express service for military
correspondence, its couriers regularly traveling as far as 124 miles in a day and
even more in cases of extreme urgency. The postal network that had evolved
under ...
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