Category: Collected Ancient Character Books: Collected Ancient Character Books

Author: Sima Guang
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Publish Date: 1984-01-01
Features: This book consists of fifteen volumes, each divided into upper, middle, and lower parts, hence also known as forty-five volumes. The entire book contains thirty-one thousand three hundred and nineteen characters. The classification of characters and the sequence of their radicals follow the Shuowen Jiezi, while the characters collected in each section are arranged according to rhyme. The book focuses on exploring the origins of characters, ancient pronunciations, and ancient meanings, clarifying the evolution of character forms from ancient to modern times. It also appends variant meanings and variant pronunciations to the explanations of character meanings, supplementing what is missing in the Shuowen Jiezi and the Yupian. It is an important reference book and tool for the study of linguistics and textual research.