Peiwen Yunfu
The Peiwen Yunfu (simplified Chinese: 佩文韵府; traditional Chinese: 佩文
Like the Kangxi dictionary, the Peiwen Yunfu was compiled under the patronage of the Kangxi Emperor, whose imperial library was named Peiwen ("esteem/admire writing/phrases/literature"). He believed that previous Chinese dictionaries of multiple-character phrases, including the Yuan Dynasty Yunfu qunyu (
The Peiwen yunfu is a large dictionary (212
Although the Peiwen yunfu, which James Legge calls the "Kangxi Thesaurus",[1] is less famous than the Kangxi dictionary, it can be helpful in tracing literary usages. "Whenever names or phrases are met with which are not understood," say Teng and Biggerstaff, "this is the first work which should be consulted."[2]
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References[edit]
- ^ Legge, James (1893). The Chinese Classics, vol. 1: Confucian Analects (2nd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 135.
- ^ Teng, Ssu-yü; Biggerstaff, Knight (1971). An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Chinese Reference Works (3rd ed.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 97. ISBN 0-674-03851-7.
Further reading[edit]
- Parker, E.H. (1885). "Contributions Towards the Topography and Ethnology of Central Asia: 1. Extracts from the P'êi-wên Yün-fu." China Review (1885), Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 337–386; Vol. 13, No 6, pp. 375–386; Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 39–49. All these works may be downloaded from: [1] (accessed 27 Feb. 2011).
- Martin Gimm (1983), "Zur Entstehungsgeschichte der chinesischen Literaturkonkordanz P'eiwen yün-fu." In: T'oung Pao, 69 (1983), p. 159-174; Addenda 70 (1984), p. 279-286.
External links[edit]
- Peiwen yunfu 佩文
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