This paper tries to textually research the publishing times of the book and evaluate its historical status in history of index in China.

作者对该书的出版年代进行了考证，并对其在中国索引史上的地位进行了评价。

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Well, apparently Richard in real life did not refuse to make those changes. And imagine, in a book that then undergoes this publishing history that I have described, this is kind of a symbolic scene.

很明显，现实生活中的理查,并没有拒绝那些修改,想像一下，经历上述出版过程的一本书，这是象征性的场景。

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