Jiang says ancient kings sponsor writing projects for three purposes: legitimacy and authority, national cohesion, and differentiation from outsiders.
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Jiang says ancient kings sponsor writing projects for three purposes: legitimacy and authority, national cohesion, and differentiation from outsiders.
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"...down in the ancient past and as I said King sponsor writing projects for three major reasons the first reason is to create legitimacy..."
"...okay at this time remember before we we said that all writing projects had to be sponsored by a patron and before it was..."
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