The Dreaming Mind and the End of the Ming World

From the mid-sixteenth through the end of the seventeenth century, Chinese intellectuals attended more to dreams and dreaming-and in a wider array of genres-than in any other period of Chinese history. Taking the approach of cultural history, this ambitious yet accessible work aims both to describe...

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Main Author: Struve, Lynn A. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Hawai'i Press 2019
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