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I. Guides to the State of the Field

The late Etienne Balazs began formulating plans for an international, collaborative study of the Sung period as early as 1949 and formally initiated the "Sung Project" in 1954. The Project was responsible for some of the most valuable reference tools in this guide. Its history is related in:

Ref (W) DS751.S86 1978x
(W) DS751.S86 1978x
Loc: Z3102 .S77		 Yves Hervouet, "Introduction,"
A Sung Bibliography
Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1978, pp. vii-xiv.
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