The Hsin Ching Lu, or Book of Experiments: Being the First of a Series of Contributions to the Study of Chinese (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Thomas Francis Wade

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ISBN 10: 0282498583 ISBN 13: 9780282498580

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The hsin ma lu, or Whiting] ofoue in search of a Ford, as its name will shew, is not so much a guide-book as the composition of a man still in quest Of the right way.

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Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication date: 2018
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0282498583
ISBN 13: 9780282498580
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 276

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Thomas Francis Wade

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ISBN 10: 0282498583 ISBN 13: 9780282498580

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