Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) ›› 2006, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 39-43.

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The Copyright Lawsuit about LI Bo-yuan's Novel Officialdom's True Feature

Ying-hui LIU   

  1. Department of Chinese Literature, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • Received:2006-02-25 Online:2006-05-15 Published:2006-05-30

Abstract:

Li Boyuan's novel Officialdom's True Feature was pirated.He indicted those who offended his rights and won the case.This is an important case in novel history but few know about it due to the lack of enough information.The author of this paper detects the whole story from a careful reading of the advertisements of some newspapers in late Qing Dynasty.

Key words: Li Boyuan, Officialdom's True Feature, advertisement, copyright, lawsuit.

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