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Into the Source and History of Chinese Culture: Knowledge Classification in Ancient China
- Libraries & the Cultural Record
- University of Texas Press
- Volume 42, Number 1, 2007
- pp. 1-20
- 10.1353/lac.2007.0008
- Article
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Chinese ancient classification was part of the book culture, which was rooted deeply in Chinese cultural, political, and social traditions. The values of the learned society, the culture of Confucianism, and the structure of bureaucracy influenced the development of the classification system and helped shape the contents and structure of the system.