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When in 1775 the scholar Wang Xihou compiled a dictionary called Ziguan, he wrote, for illustrative purposes, the personal names of Confucius and the three emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong in the introduction. In oversight, he recorded their complete names. This accidental writing of a few names was condemned by Emperor Qianlong as an unprecedented crime, rebellion

Title : Good Son Is Sad If He Hears the Name of His Father: The Tabooing of Names in China as a Way of Implementing Social Values
Author : Piotr Adamek
Language : en
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Uploaded : Apr 03, 2021

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