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The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition pretending to literary standing. It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed and sententious style than Mandar…

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  1. The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonical books and of all composition pretending to literary standing. It employs a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed and sententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling and arrangement of words.
  2. The higher literary idiom of Chinese, that of the canonicalbooks and of all composition pretending to literary standing. Itemploys a classical or academic diction, and a more condensed andsententious style than Mandarin, and differs also in the doubling andarrangement of words.