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Writing and the Ancient State: Early China in Comparative Perspective. By Haicheng Wang. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 427 pp. $99.00 (cloth, ISBN 9781107028128); $79.00 (e-book, ISBN 9781107785724).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2015

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 74 , Issue 4 , November 2015 , pp. 1009 - 1010
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