First published in Chinese in 2018 titled 20
The SSAP has received support from “China Classics International” for the publication of the volume.
The publication of the English version was supported by the International Institute of Social History.
Cover illustration: displayed is a part of the eighteenth-century remake of the twelfth-century original painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival by Zhang Zeduan. The remake is created by five court painters (Chen Mu, Sun Hu, Jin Kun, Dai Hong and Cheng Zhidao) and is currently in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The painting captures the daily life of people and the landscape of the capital, Bianjing (today’s Kaifeng) from the Northern Song period. Licensed under public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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