Leipian
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The (1066) Leipian
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[edit]The dictionary title combines two common Chinese words: lèi
English translations include Dictionary of Character Sounds,[2] Collection of Categorized Characters,[3] The Classified Chapters,[4] and The Categories Book.[5]
The Leipian text consists of 15 books (
History
[edit]Emperor Renzong of Song (r. 1022-1063) commissioned the Leipian character dictionary project in 1039 and it was completed in 1066. There were four chief editors, three of whom died before completing the dictionary: Wang Zhu
Emperor Renzong also ordered the compilation of the (1037) Jiyun, which was a phonologically arranged rime dictionary intended to complement the Leipian character dictionary. The Leipian Preface[7] says all phonetically related characters are included in the Jiyun while all formally related ones are included in the Leipian.
The historian and chancellor Sima Guang (1019-1086) carried out the final editing on the expanded Jiyun and the Leipian, and in 1067, he submitted the printed versions of both dictionaries to Emperor Yingzong of Song (r. 1063-1067). At that time, the Jiyun and Leipian were the most complete reference works in the history of Chinese lexicography.
References
[edit]- Yong, Heming; Peng, Jing (2008). Chinese Lexicography: A History from 1046 BC to AD 1911. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191561672.
Footnotes
- ^ Needham, Joseph; et al. (1986). Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 6 Biology and Biological Technology, Part 1: Botany. Cambridge University Press. p. 219. ISBN 9780521087315.
- ^ Needham, Joseph; Wang, Ling (1954). Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 1 Introductory Orientations. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521057998.
- ^ Zhou Youguang (2003), The Historical Evolution of Chinese Languages and Scripts, tr. by Zhang Liqing
張 立 青 National East Asian Languages Resource Center, Ohio State University. - ^ Yong & Peng 2008.
- ^ Theobald, Ulrich (2010), Leipian
類 篇 "The Categories Book", Chinaknowledge - ^ Yip, Po-ching (2000), The Chinese Lexicon: A Comprehensive Survey, Psychology Press. p. 19.
- ^ Tr. Yong & Peng 2008, p. 190.