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Dates: during 1940-1949
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CHIN P'ING MEI-Putnam-(2 Vols...
Chinese legend declares that Chin P'ing Mei (Metal Vase Plum-blossom) was written by a famed 16th-Century Confucian scholar as a satire on the private life of a corrupt official. The official received a presentation copy, fell dead as he finished the last of its 1,600 subtly poisoned pages. No believer in such legend, Arthur Waley, expert on Chinese literature, says the novel's authorship is doubtful, like that of China's other famed novels. He traces first mention of it to a book published around 1600, wherein Chin P'ing...
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Norrköping Nor'-kiup-ing...
...schoolhouse next to the Palace grounds. They did-complete with twelve classrooms, auditorium, laboratories, music hall, handicraft room, gymnasium, library, offices, private dining and sitting rooms for the august youngster. This week for the first time, the son of the son of the Sun, with shining morn ing face, romped across the Palace grounds, across one public street, to school. On rainy days he will ride-in a red lacquered, charcoal-burning car. After six years, a special educational institution will be built around Akihito, and professors will lecture a one-man class on The Art of Becoming an Emperor...