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  2. 1688 in China - Wikipedia

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    Empress Xiaozhuangwen (28 March 1613 – 27 January 1688), of the Khorchin Mongol Borjigit clan, personal name Bumbutai, was a consort of Hong Taiji. She was 21 years his junior. She was 21 years his junior.

  3. The Secret of the Golden Flower - Wikipedia

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    The Secret of the Golden Flower (Chinese: 太乙金華宗旨; pinyin: Tàiyǐ Jīnhuá Zōngzhǐ) is a Chinese Taoist book on neidan (inner alchemy) meditation, which also mixes Buddhist teachings with some Confucian thoughts. [1] It was written by means of the spirit-writing (fuji) technique, through two groups, in 1688 and 1692. [2]

  4. Xinhua Bookstore - Wikipedia

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    Xinhua Bookstore (Chinese: 新华书店; pinyin: Xīnhuá Shūdiàn) is the largest and only country-wide [citation needed] bookstore chain brand in China. [1]The main Xinhua Bookstore in Dalian, Liaoning, for example, is housed in a 9-story building, with a basement for CDs, DVDs and computer software.

  5. Category:1688 books - Wikipedia

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  6. Made in China - Wikipedia

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    Made in China or Made in PRC is a country of origin label, often in English, affixed to products wholly or partially made in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The label became prominent in the 1990s, when foreign companies based in the United States, Europe, and Asia moved their manufacturing operations to China due to China's low ...

  7. Zizhi Tongjian - Wikipedia

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    Sima Guang. The principal text of the Zizhi Tongjian comprises a year-by-year narrative of the history of China over 294 scrolls, sweeping through many Chinese historical periods (Warring States, Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin and the Sixteen Kingdoms, Southern and Northern dynasties, Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties), supplemented with two sections of 30 scrolls each—'tables' (目錄; mùlù ...

  8. Printing and Book Culture in Late Imperial China - Wikipedia

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    There are 11 essays in the book. [1]The book starts with two essays, one by Cynthia J. Brokaw and Joseph McDermott. The former examines how the book publishing cultures differ between China and Western countries and her advocacy for studying things in the Annales school style, [1] while McDermott's essay, "The Ascendance of Imprint in China," explores how printing developed in the Ming dynasty.

  9. Xinhua Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The use of the term Xinhua Zidian has been disputed in China since the publishing of the dictionary is no longer arranged by the government. The Commercial Press insisted that the name is a specific term while other publishing houses believed that it is a generic term, as many of them published their own Chinese dictionary under the name.