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Study of the "Wen Xuan" enjoyed immense popularity during the Tang dynasty (618907), and its study rivalled that of the Five Classics during that period. The "Wen Xuan" was required reading for any aspiring scholar and official even into the Song dynasty. Throughout the Yuan and Ming dynasties study of the "Wen Xuan" lapsed out of popularity, though the great philologists of the Qing dynasty revived its study to some extent.