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| - | According to this [tradition], Wang sent [Yen] the manuscript as a gift, after rubbing grains of poison into the corner of each page so that Yen would slowly ingest them when he wet his finger in his mouth to turn the pages. Yen is said to have read voraciously to the end -- and then dropped dead. | + | "According to this [tradition], Wang sent [Yen] the manuscript as a gift, after rubbing grains of poison into the corner of each page so that Yen would slowly ingest them when he wet his finger in his mouth to turn the pages. Yen is said to have read voraciously to the end -- and then dropped dead." [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFDA1530F932A05750C0A9679D8B63] |
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| The "[[poisoned page]]" theme of ''[[The Name of the Rose]]'' is found in the classic Chinese novel, ''[[Jin Ping Mei]]'', and in the [[List_of_One_Thousand_and_One_Nights_characters#Duban|Duban]] story of ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''. | The "[[poisoned page]]" theme of ''[[The Name of the Rose]]'' is found in the classic Chinese novel, ''[[Jin Ping Mei]]'', and in the [[List_of_One_Thousand_and_One_Nights_characters#Duban|Duban]] story of ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''. | ||
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"According to this [tradition], Wang sent [Yen] the manuscript as a gift, after rubbing grains of poison into the corner of each page so that Yen would slowly ingest them when he wet his finger in his mouth to turn the pages. Yen is said to have read voraciously to the end -- and then dropped dead." [1] |
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The "poisoned page" theme of The Name of the Rose is found in the classic Chinese novel, Jin Ping Mei, and in the Duban story of One Thousand and One Nights.
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