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... literary her- itages of the world , with an uninterrupted history of more than 3,000 years , dating back at least to the 14th century BC . Its medium , the Chinese language , has retained its unmistakable identity in both its spoken and ...
... literary her- itages of the world , with an uninterrupted history of more than 3,000 years , dating back at least to the 14th century BC . Its medium , the Chinese language , has retained its unmistakable identity in both its spoken and ...
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... literary tradition . In an attempt to resolve the difficulties of communication among speak- ers of many dialects in the empire , a standard literary language , wen - yen , was promoted from the Han dynasty on . Perpetuated for more ...
... literary tradition . In an attempt to resolve the difficulties of communication among speak- ers of many dialects in the empire , a standard literary language , wen - yen , was promoted from the Han dynasty on . Perpetuated for more ...
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... literary style of Ssu - ma Ch'ien . 19th - century native prose and poetry . Meanwhile , writ- ers of native fiction , especially in central and southern China , began to be seriously influenced by Western models . Using the vernacular ...
... literary style of Ssu - ma Ch'ien . 19th - century native prose and poetry . Meanwhile , writ- ers of native fiction , especially in central and southern China , began to be seriously influenced by Western models . Using the vernacular ...
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CHINA | 36 |
CHINESE LITERATURE | 231 |
CHORDATES CHRISTIANITY | 251 |
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