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蛮书
mán​shū

Manshu

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蛮书 蠻書 mán​shū
Manshu
(proper noun) The "Book of Southern Barbarians", a ten-volume historical and geographic work by Fan Chuo of the Tang Dynasty detailing the ethnic groups, customs, and geography of the Nanzhao state; the current version was reconstructed from the 永乐大典 yǒng​lè​dà​diǎn after the original was lost.