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Literati — may refer to: *Intellectuals *The scholar bureaucrats or literati of imperial China **Literati painting, also known as the Southern School of painting, developed by Chinese literati **The literati style of bonsai, consisting of thin, elegant… … Wikipedia
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The Scholars (Chinese novel) — The Scholars (Traditional Chinese: 儒林外史 pinyin: rú lín wài shǐ; lit. The Unofficial History of the Forest (ie. World) of the Literati ) is a Chinese novel of the Qing Dynasty, authored by Wu Jingzi (吳敬梓) and completed in 1750.Set in the Ming… … Wikipedia
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The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven — Written by Matteo Ricci, this treatise argues that Confucianism and Christianity are not opposed and in fact are remarkable similar in key ways. This treatise was important for Ricci in his missionary effort to convert Chinese literati, those men … Wikipedia
literati — lit|e|ra|ti [ˌlıtəˈra:ti] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Early Italian litterati, from Latin litteratus; LITERATE] the literati formal a small group of people in a society who know a lot about literature … Dictionary of contemporary English
literati — noun the literati formal a small group of people in a society who know a lot about literature … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality — Infobox Book name = The Anti Capitalistic Mentality author = Ludwig Von Mises illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = publisher = D Van Nostrand Company, Liberty Fund pub date = 1956 media type = Print… … Wikipedia
The Cask of Amontillado — Das Fass Amontillado, engl. The Cask of Amontillado , ist eine der berühmten späten Erzählungen von Edgar Allan Poe. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Inhalt 2 Deutung 3 Anmerkungen 4 Literatur 5 Weblinks … Deutsch Wikipedia
