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1. Time Period: 1945 to mid 2005.
2. Geographical Region: Primarily comprised of Taiwan publications in the NCL collection.
3. Nature: The main types of books includes:
• Periodic or singular scholarly essay anthologies or multi-volume collections;
• Academic conference papers;
• Essay anthologies of individual scholars;
• Collections of commemorative papers.
  (Excludes 1. Scholarly journals; 2. Dissertations and theses; and 3. Daily newspapers)
4. Subject matter: Discussions relevant to Chinese culture, literature, history, philosophy, humanities, and other academic-based research. Also includes the Zhongshan Legal System, philology, cultural and academic studies, classical studies, philosophy, linguistics, literature, history, topical history, art, biography, archeology, ethnology, etc. Not included are western studies, social sciences, and natural sciences.
5. Principles: Every article in books matching criteria for inclusion were extracted, except for articles written on western studies, social sciences, and natural sciences not related to Chinese society and culture.