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Correspondence with Dr. Robert H. van Gulik of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, Holland, about a case of spontaneous combustion found in a series of ancient Chinese judicial cases and other matters, 1955-05-03

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/87/6/3

Scope and Contents

The case comes from the 13th century manual of jurisprudence and detection, 《棠陰比事》 on which van Gulik was working. The documents include a typescript English translation of the case. Other matters discussed include van Gulik's book 'Erotic Colour Prints of the Ming Dynasty', (Tokyo 1951); van Gulik's work as Director of the Africa and Middle East Division of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1955-05-03

Extent

8 sheet(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Originator(s)

Gulik, Robert H. van

Finding aid date

2005-06-14 13:53:55+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository

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