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“A Living Tradition”

Tracing Chinese Character Divination from Imperial China to Contemporary Taiwan

「活生生的傳統」——追溯從帝國時代的中國到當代台灣測字

Anne SchmiedlCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 303-335 | Published online: 22 Nov 2023

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