Li Shimian’s biography, translated and annotated by Frederick W. Mote of Princeton University. Originally in Frederick W. Mote and Howard L. Goodman, A Research Manual for Ming History, pp. 5-26. Research Manual Series, ed. Ta-tuan Chen and Frederick W. Mote. Published by Princeton University, Chinese Linguistics Project, 1983. Permission given for posting here by Dr. Chih-ping Chou, Director of the Chinese Linguistics Project, May 21, 2009. CC-NC-BY-SA-3.0 USA.
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