Hall of Literary Elegance

Figure 8.1: Hall of Literary Elegance
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The Chinese emperor Qian Long ordered the officials to write a summary of the Complete Library and Rows of Essentials of the Imperial Library (Yu 200).  The official made two copies of Rows of Essentials of the Imperial Library, and one was stored in the Hall of Literary Elegance while the other was stored in the Study of Lingering Flavors in the garden of Eternal Spring in the Yuan Ming Garden (Yu 200).  As a result, these copies could still be preserved and benefit the descendants even though one of the places caught on fire.

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