A Dictionary of Chinese Allusions (First Edition)

Author: Yu Wanli et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: A language reference book tailor-made for students' college entrance and high school entrance exams, which was once best-selling across the country with a sales volume of 1,200,000 copies. In terms of content, the old version was optimized according to the new teaching requirements, emphasizing innovation, origin, cultivation, and practicality. In terms of format, the latest design with double-color printing is adopted to solemnity, elegance, vitality, and novelty. This dictionary mainly collects event dictionaries and also selectively includes a small number of phrase dictionaries, with nearly 800 entries of classical allusions and over 2,000 listed forms. Each allusion is taken as a headword based on a common or representative typical case, while other forms are explained in the text and included in the index, without being listed separately. Under each entry, the explanatory text includes the name of the allusion, pinyin pronunciation, annotations on obscure or difficult characters, the origin of the allusion story, the source of the allusion, the meaning of the allusion, and other forms. The name of the allusion is annotated with Chinese pinyin, and the pronunciation uses single-character Mandarin sounds without indicating tone changes, linking variations, etc. Annotations on obscure or difficult characters in the name of the allusion are placed after the pinyin, while unavoidable obscure or difficult characters in the explanatory text are either noted in parentheses or explained after the source. Based on an accurate understanding of the allusion literature, the origin of the allusion story is narrated in concise language, and when necessary, relevant background information about the allusion is provided without emphasizing word-by-word translation. When explaining the meaning of the allusion, generally only its common or more obvious meaning is taken. The listed forms are selected based on their common usage and more fixed forms. The main body of this dictionary is arranged in the order of Chinese pinyin. At the end of the book, there is an index of allusion names, and at the end of the book, there is a pinyin index of all listed forms.