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What did a large-scale bureaucratic or administrative "office" look like in East Asia before the widespread adoption of raised chairs and desks? How would the rooms be laid out, with what sort of furniture? How would people be arranged? What would daily activities have looked like?

by /u/[deleted] in /r/AskHistorians

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