文明小史
Traditional form:
文明小史
Pinyin (reading):
Wénmíng Xiǎoshǐ
Definitions:
- Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元 ( Lǐ Bóyuán) or Li Baojia 李寶嘉／李宝嘉 ( Lǐ Bǎojiā) describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍／八国联军 ( Bāguó Liánjūn)
Characters:
- 文 - culture, literature, writing
- 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
- 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
- 史 - history, chronicle, annals
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