History
Nanjing Library was established in 1907 as Jiangnan Library. Over time, the library has undergone several organisational changes. The Library endured through Chinese feudal dynasties, Chinese democratic revolution, and the founding of new China. It witnessed greatest changes that took place in modern China and by itself gives clear records to the one-century history of modern China.
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