Poet, essayist, scholar of the Qing Dynasty (1716-1797)

Collecting the self : body and identity in strange tale collections of late imperial China / by Sing-Chen Lydia Chiang.

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Collecting the self : body and identity in strange tale collections of late imperial China / by Sing-Chen Lydia Chiang.