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I'm currently reading a romanized, english map of China from 1912. I'd like to modernize the locations. How should I go about it?
I'm reading a map from 1916 that has outdated romanization and location names. While I am easily finding the bigger towns, cities, and districts I struggle when it comes to the more minor towns. I'm ...
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seal character identification request is anybody on here qualified to do so thanks
seal identification request [![enter image description here]seal identification request 2]2part of the seal on a painting various experts cannot translate the writing symbols is anybody on here ...
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Timeframe for Learning Ancient Chinese
As a complete newbie to the Chinese language, I would like to ask the following questions.
What is an approximate time for learning enough of the Chinese language to be able to read something like ...
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Does this building on chinese painting exist for real ? May the text which come along be of any help?
I am wondering if this building on a chinese painting is for real ? Or just if something close exists... it may be on an island and is rather cubic... I have nearly zero knowledge of chinese ...
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Can someone identify the characters in this Seal Script? (Characters identified: 江上清風 山間明月)
I would love some help identifying the characters written on this stamp. I see that the 5th and 6th characters are 山 and 間, but I cannot identify the others!
This stamp is the underside of a netsuke ...
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Can anyone tell me what this means please? I think it is a proverb
A friend left me this at work, I think it is a proverb but Google gave me different translations each time which confused me as none of it made sense.
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How to type these old and rare Chinese characters?
I've tried to google these old Chinese characters using their closest approximations but still haven't found out any. I want to find these characters so that I can copy and paste them instead of ...
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