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The Southern Dynasties Started from Paper Making and Crushed Valves
Gu Chenzhou, who holds a Ph. D. In ancient literature from the Chinese Department and minored in the history of mathematics and economics, traveled back in time to the first year of Tianjian in Nanliang and became a copywriter from a poor family who couldn't even afford rice. In this era, the gentry monopolized everything, monopolized paper, monopolized knowledge, and monopolized officialdom. A piece of hemp paper cost eighty pennies. Students from poor families could copy books for three months
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Ming Narrative: the Glory and Tragedy of an Empire
[Respect history] [Understand history] If you want to know how an empire burns, how it decays, how it eventually turns to ashes... If you are willing to calm down and watch how a group of real people are forged, crushed, and occasionally polished on the anvil of the times... So, please turn this page. Daming, is breathing.
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