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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear List: </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is a small point but I thought someone out there
might be more up on this than myself. Were the robes for Choson officials
patterned after the regalia of the Ming? I'm saying this in a throw away
sentence in my new text...but perhaps this is wrong. I'm wondering about
the evolution of official dress since we are dealing with half a millennium
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike Robinson </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>