The Punctuations of Preamble in the Archives of Ming and Qing Dynasties
Preamble of an official document is at the beginning of an official document,which is used to explain the author(issuing institution)and the purpose of issuing the official document,so as to indicate the content of the official document.It is difficult for beginners to standardize the punctuation of the preamble.By correcting and discriminating the punctuation ways of author(issuing institution),cause,author(issuing institution)and cause,at the end of cause,as well as some other types of preamble,And then the general conclusion of the use of the punctuations of preamble is drawn.The discussion of this problem is not only helpful for beginners and users of archives to accurately read and understand the structure and content of archives,but also beneficial to the standard arrangement of archives and similar documents in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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