Writers of the past often used hanqing, the bamboo slips once written on, to stand for history books.
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A 代称 stands in for the plain name: a poetic image (婵娟 for the moon), a part for the whole, or a legendary inventor for his invention (杜康 for wine). The usual frame is X 是 Y 的代称. An 别称 is simply another name for the same thing.
