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Zuo zhi chu yan (Humble words in aid of governance) is a late-Qing dynasty translation of a work of political science, originally in English, entitled Political Economy for Use in Schools, and for Private Instruction, published in 1852 in Edinburgh in Chambers’s Educational Course series. The title page title reads: Zuo zhi chu yan. The title page verso has the publisher’s statement: “Printed by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.” The heading at the beginning of the text reads: “Translated orally by Fu Lanya of England; recorded by Ying Zuxi ...