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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <links plcontinue="1|0|The_spiritual_power_of_poem:樂山大佛_Leshan_Giant_Buddha" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="1" ns="0" title="Main Page">
        <links>
          <pl ns="0" title="Cheng Hung-Wen Biography" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Cheng Hung-Wen。The spiritual power of poem" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Chinese Poem:高雄燈會藝術節" />
          <pl ns="0" title="Q-version:Hung Wen" />
          <pl ns="0" title="The spiritual power of poem" />
          <pl ns="0" title="The spiritual power of poem:友 吳正富" />
          <pl ns="0" title="The spiritual power of poem:古蜀國 Kingdom of Shu" />
          <pl ns="0" title="The spiritual power of poem:台北圓山臨濟宗護國禪寺 The Taipei Zen Buddhism Temple of the Rinzai (Linji) school" />
          <pl ns="0" title="The spiritual power of poem:夜讀" />
          <pl ns="0" title="The spiritual power of poem:守歲雨" />
        </links>
      </page>
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>