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1、SomeNotableSabersoftheQingDynastyattheMetropolitanMuseumofArtAuthor(s):PhilipM.W.TomSource:MetropolitanMuseumJournal,Vol.36(2001),pp.11+207-222Publishedby:TheUniversityofChicagoPressonbehalfofTheMetropolitanMuseumofArtStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1513063.Accessed

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