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�=START= XMT: 09:00 Tue Jan 14 EXP: 09:00 Wed Jan 15 �
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쿞EMINAR STARTED TO TEACH AN ANCIENT WRITING SCRIPT �
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쿧INCHUAN (JAN. 14) XINHUA - A SEMINAR ON THE WRITING SYSTEM �
쿚F AN ANCIENT CHINESE KINGDOM, THE WESTERN XIA (1038-1227), �
쿥AS STARTED RECENTLY IN NINGXIA UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN �
쿎HINA'S NINGXIA HUI AUTONOMOUS REGION. �
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쿟HIRTY-TWO SCHOLARS AND LOVERS OF THE STUDY OF WESTERN XIA �
쿌RE ATTENDING THE ONE-YEAR-LONG SEMINAR, WHICH WILL BE �
쿏IRECTED BY SOME WELL-KNOWN SCHOLARS SPECIALIZING IN THE �
쿞TUDY OF WESTERN XIA, INCLUDING PROFESSOR LI FANWEN. �
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쿟HE WESTERN XIA RULED FOR 189 YEARS IN PRESENT-DAY NINGXIA, �
쿒ANSU AND PART OF SHAANXI, INNER MONGOLIA, QINGHAI AND �
쿦INJIANG. ITS CAPITAL WAS IN TODAY'S YINCHUAN. ANNEXED BY �
쿟HE MONGOLIANS IN THE 13TH CENTURY, THE KINGDOM WAS NOT �
쿝ECORDED IN ANCIENT HISTORICAL MATERIALS. �
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쿟HE UNIQUE XIA SCRIPTS HAVE MADE THE STUDY OF THE ANCIENT �
쿝EGIME QUITE DIFFICULT FOR MODERN HISTORIANS. AT PRESENT �
쿗ESS THAN 10 SCHOLARS IN CHINA UNDERSTAND THE WRITING �
쿞YSTEM, WHICH HAS OVER 6,000 CHARACTERS. �
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쿩HANG YINGSHENG, DIRECTOR OF THE WESTERN XIA CULTURE �
쿔NSTITUTE IN THE NINGXIA UNIVERSITY, SPONSOR OF THE SEMINAR,�
쿞AID STUDENTS ATTENDING THE SEMINAR WILL BE ABLE TO READ THE�
쿞CRIPTS AFTER ONE-YEAR OF STUDY. MEANWHILE THEY WILL HELP �
쿎LARIFY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS OF THE REGIME. �
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쿛ROFESSOR LI FANWEN ALSO SAID NINGXIA WILL SOON ESTABLISH A �
쿥ESTERN XIA RESEARCH CENTER, AND WILL HOLD INTERNATIONAL �
쿞YMPOSIUMS ON THE STUDY OF WESTERN XIA. �
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