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Peng, K., Spencer-Rodgers, J., Nian, Z. (2006). Naïve Dialecticism and the Tao of Chinese Thought. In: Kim, U., Yang, KS., Hwang, KK. (eds) Indigenous and Cultural Psychology. International and Cultural Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28662-4_11
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