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Vignettes from the late Ming : a hsiao-p’in anthology / translated with annotations and an introduction by Yang Ye.

    p.    cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0–295–97733–7 (alk. paper)

1. Chinese essays—Ming dynasty, 1368–1644—Translation into English.  1. Ye, Yang, 1948–

PL 2658.E8V54           1999            98–15078

895.1′44608—dc21           CIP

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