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Hu Zhengyan

 * ... that Hu Zhengyan Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy (excerpt pictured) remained in print for around 200 years?
 * Reviewed: Queen Victoria's journals
 * Comment: Bit of maths involved to verify the hook: the source claims the book was printed up until the late Qing (early 20th century), which, given that the latest date for publication was 1633, means it was in print for about 260 years or so; I'm erring on the side of caution with 200. I'm happy to make changes to the article or hook if deemed necessary, although under WP:CALC I don't expect there to be a problem.

Created by Yunshui (talk). Self nominated at 13:41, 29 May 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Disambiguation needed tag added. Also, the one cited as going to the Qing dynasty is Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy, not  Ten Bamboo Studio Manual. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:44, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Whoops, good call on the title - well-spotted. I've changed the hook, above, accordingly. I've also removed the disambig link altogether - there appear to be two Xinans in Anhui (neither of which has an article anyway) and I can't tell from the sources which it should be. I'm hopefully getting full access to the JSTOR ref in the next few days, so assuming that provides definite information on his birthplace I'll relink as appropriate then. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  12:49, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Okay, good fixes so far, and the math seems acceptable. However, do change the article to note that Late Qing could have been late 19th century as well (300 years is quite a time period) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 21:19, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Done, thanks Crisco. Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  21:52, 31 May 2013 (UTC)