Jingdian Shiwen
Jingdian Shiwen scrolls in the Chinese Dictionary Museum, Jincheng, Shanxi
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese經典釋文
Simplified Chinese经典释文
Literal meaning"Textual explanations of classics and canons"
Korean name
Hangul경전석문
Hanja經典釋文
Japanese name
Kanji経典釈文
Hiraganaけいてんしゃくもん
Jingdian Shiwen scrolls in the Chinese Dictionary Museum, Jincheng, Shanxi

Jingdian Shiwen (simplified Chinese: 经典释文; traditional Chinese: 經典釋文; pinyin: Jīngdiǎn shìwén; Wade–Giles: Ching-tien shih-wen; lit. 'Textual explanations of classics and canons'), often abbreviated as Shiwen in Chinese philological literature, was a c. 583 exegetical dictionary or glossary, edited by the Tang dynasty classical scholar Lu Deming. Based on the works of 230 scholars during the Han, Wei, and Six Dynasties periods, this Chinese dictionary analyzes the pronunciations (given in historically invaluable fanqie annotations) and meanings of terms in the Confucian Thirteen Classics and the Daoist Daodejing and Zhuang Zi.[1] It also cites some ancient books that are no longer extant, and are only known through Jingdian Shiwen.

Bernhard Karlgren considered Jingdian Shiwen and the 601 Qieyun rime dictionary as the two primary sources for reconstructing Middle Chinese. Many studies in Chinese historical linguistics (for instance, see References) use the important Jingdian Shiwen data.

References

  1. ↑ Mair, Victor H. (1998), "Tzu-shu 字書 or tzu-tien 字典 (dictionaries)," in The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature (Volume 2), ed. by William H. Nienhauser, Jr., SMC Publishing, p. 168 (165-172).

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