Republication of Chuan Shan' s Surviving Books is an important par t of founding process of the cultural order and was regarded highly of by Zeng G uofan.

"At certain points in time, there's a need for a museum that can reflect the present, " says Nittve. "WKCD will be a manifestation of a shift in the world cultural order.

The commonly expected order of military revival followed by economic and then by cultural recovery was reversed in Byzantium.