Comment on Anon thinks we're being bamboo-zled
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoSay your library did, you would read this book in Classical Chinese? Or would you rely on a translation, probably published much later?
Comment on Anon thinks we're being bamboo-zled
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoSay your library did, you would read this book in Classical Chinese? Or would you rely on a translation, probably published much later?
finitebanjo@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
It being listed in the catalog would at least be some indication that the evidence exists, as opposed to an endless linked list of "trust me bro".
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Here’s a digitization of the first one and the second one, including a picture of an edition of the work itself. I found it by googling the names of the works in the quoted section.
If that’s not sufficient, I suggest you ask at your local (or most local) university library.
sniggleboots@europe.pub 3 weeks ago
you are doing god’s work with the patience of a saint