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A Guide to Libraries (China, 1918)

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My great-grandfather Gù Shí (顧實) was a Chinese professor, paleographer, academic, and historian. He was also a great lover of schools, books, and libraries. In 1918, he wrote and published “A Guide to Libraries”. China was in uncertain times then. The Qing Dynasty had fallen and the new Republic just established in 1912. The… Read More >>