Wang Li Ancient Chinese Dictionary - Premium

Author: Wang Li
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Publication Date: 2000-06-01
Features: The editor of this book is the late renowned linguist, Professor Wang Li. The compilers are all students of Professor Wang Li and are well-known scholars in the field of contemporary linguistics and lexicography. Professor Wang Li designed the model for an ideal dictionary as early as the 1940s and had been developing it for over four decades before finally beginning its compilation in 1984. The book contains over 10,000 entries (with slight variations based on Cíyuán), and its entry definitions have a unique characteristic: the dictionary strives to trace the evolution and connections between polysemy, to reflect the temporal characteristics of word meanings in its definitions, and to include obscure meanings or unreliable definitions from textual annotations in the supplementary section. It corrects some of the errors found in previous dictionaries and character dictionaries. Additionally, the book includes content such as synonyms differentiation, etymological analysis of related characters, annotations for compound words, comments, and a general discussion on radicals. The dictionary is concise yet rich in information and functionality, integrating both research and teaching. Readers from all backgrounds can benefit from it.