Lot 198 - Antique 1925 Chinese Woodblock-Printed Moral Tract Shanshu 善書 Promoting Virtue And Cause-And-Effect Retribution, Republic Of China Era, Note Poor Condition (Identification Informed By Google Translate And A.I.) Victor_t Camp Thalia

Camp Thalia

Both chips are emphasized in photos

It is in good condition with a beautiful patina on the metal

likely because it's been stored in its original sleeve all these years

There is visible wear and tear to the outer box

Lot 198 - Antique 1925 Chinese Woodblock-Printed Moral Tract Shanshu 善書 Promoting Virtue And Cause-And-Effect Retribution, Republic Of China Era, Note Poor Condition (Identification Informed By Google Translate And A.I.) Victor_t Camp ThaliaAntique Chinese stitched paper bound woodblock printed book dated to the winter month of the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925). Printed on traditional handmade paper with black ink text in vertical format and an orange brown wrapper. The work appears to be a Shanshu , or moral tract, teaching Confucian and Buddhist principles of virtue, righteousness, filial piety, and karmic cause and effect (yin guo bao ying). Such texts were distributed