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how did new reading culture developed in China

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  • By 17th century, print was no longer used just by scholar officials. Merchants used print in their everyday life, as they collected trade information.
  • Reading increasingly became a leisure activity.
  • The new readership preferred fictional narratives, poetry, autobiographies, anthologies of literary masterpieces and romantic plays.
  • Rich women began to read and many women began publishing their poetry and plays. Wives of scholar-officials published their works and courtesans wrote about their lives.


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