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  • The word xuan denotes literally a shade of dark red and is used in the

    Laozi Chan, Alan 2007

  • Then I want to lookup "xuan" through nsswitch. conf # features/steps/nis_steps. rb: 5 Feature:

    Planet Sun 2009

  • Then I want to lookup "xuan" in the passwd table # features/steps/nis_steps. rb: 1

    Planet Sun 2009

  • To others, the majority perhaps, there is still a focus on the traditional "all-natural" materials of Chinese painting — the Chinese brush, xuan paper, mineral color and ink.

    China Ink Tiffany Beres 2010

  • For over a millennium, Chinese ink painting remained virtually unchanged, painted on xuan paper (made from elm bark and other plant fibers) or silk, and executed with codified brushstrokes intimately related to calligraphy.

    China Ink Tiffany Beres 2010

  • For over a millennium, Chinese ink painting remained virtually unchanged, painted on xuan paper (made from elm bark and other plant fibers) or silk, and executed with codified brushstrokes intimately related to calligraphy.

    China Ink Tiffany Beres 2010

  • To others, the majority perhaps, there is still a focus on the traditional "all-natural" materials of Chinese painting — the Chinese brush, xuan paper, mineral color and ink.

    China Ink Tiffany Beres 2010

  • To others, the majority perhaps, there is still a focus on the traditional "all-natural" materials of Chinese painting — the Chinese brush, xuan paper, mineral color and ink.

    China Ink Tiffany Beres 2010

  • To others, the majority perhaps, there is still a focus on the traditional "all-natural" materials of Chinese painting — the Chinese brush, xuan paper, mineral color and ink.

    China Ink Tiffany Beres 2010

  • For over a millennium, Chinese ink painting remained virtually unchanged, painted on xuan paper (made from elm bark and other plant fibers) or silk, and executed with codified brushstrokes intimately related to calligraphy.

    China Ink Tiffany Beres 2010

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