Chinese historical documents

Author: Chang Linrui, edited by Zhang Xintao
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Publish Date: 1999-03-01
Features: "China's Historical Documents" aims to outline the general development and framework of ancient Chinese documents. It primarily summarizes the basic characteristics of documents from feudal dynasties that dominated China's two thousand years of ancient history. Documents from this period constitute the main body of ancient Chinese documents and are also the predecessors of modern documents. Since modern documents still retain many fundamental attributes of ancient documents and play an irreplaceable and significant role in social life, understanding the characteristics of ancient documents, exploring their patterns of development and change, and examining their impact on modern documents thus holds important practical significance.