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 Among their other glories, the Tangs may be said to have witnessed the birth of popular literature, soon to receive, in common with classical scholarship, an impetus the like of which had never yet been felt.

But we must now take leave of this dynasty, the name of which has survived in common parlance to this day. For just as the northerners are proud to call them- selves "sons of Han," so do the Chinese of the more southern provinces still delight to be known as the " men of T'ang."

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