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    15 hours ago

    Say your library did, you would read this book in Classical Chinese? Or would you rely on a translation, probably published much later?

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      14 hours ago

      It being listed in the catalog would at least be some indication that the evidence exists, as opposed to an endless linked list of “trust me bro”.

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        Here’s a digitization of the first one and the second one, including a picture of an edition of the work itself. I found it by googling the names of the works in the quoted section.

        If that’s not sufficient, I suggest you ask at your local (or most local) university library.