尔雅
尔雅
Ěr yǎ
"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
Traditional: 爾雅
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- "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
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Related Words
广雅(Guǎng yǎ)— earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], 18150 entries
→丁韪良(Dīng Wěi liáng)— William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University
→切韵(Qiè yùn)— Qieyun, the first Chinese rime dictionary from 601 AD, containing 11,500 single-character entries
→尚书经(Shàng shū Jīng)— Book of History
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