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This document provides an introduction to the edited volume "Defining Chu: Image and Reality in Ancient China". It discusses how the state of Chu collapsed in 223 BCE after being conquered by the state of Qin, but how its culture lived on and was reinvented by later Han Dynasty writers. The introduction notes that the book aims to compare the romanticized, post-Han image of Chu culture with the emerging understanding of real Chu culture based on recent archaeological discoveries from its original territory

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zhajuying

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