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Names: Lu, Rong, 1436–1494, author. | Halperin, Mark, 1958– translator.

Title: A Ming Confucian’s world : selections from Miscellaneous records from the Bean Garden / Lu Rong (1436–1494) ; translated and introduced by Mark Halperin.

Other titles: Shu yuan za ji. Selections. English

Description: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021033662 (print) | LCCN 2021033663 (ebook) | ISBN 9780295749921 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780295749938 (paperback) | ISBN 9780295749945 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: China—History—Ming dynasty, 1368–1644—Anecdotes. | China—History— Ming dynasty, 1368–1644—Humor.

Classification: LCC DS753 .L7713 2022 (print) | LCC DS753 (ebook) | DDC 951/.026—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021033662

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