Dragon Cave Mirror (Gao Lu Version)

Author: (Liao) Shi Xingjun
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Publishing Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book is in a photocopied edition. The Dragon Cave Manual of Characters (《》) in four volumes was compiled by Xingjun, a monk from Youzhou during the Liao Dynasty, for the study of Buddhist scriptures. The book contains over 26,431 characters, with annotations totaling over 163,171 words, making the total number of characters and annotations over 189,611 words. The radicals are arranged in the order of the four tones (ping, shang, qu, ru), and the characters within each radical are also listed in the order of the four tones. Below each character, the standard form, cursive form, ancient form, modern form, and variant forms are listed, along with brief phonetic and semantic annotations. It is an important reference work for the study of linguistics and writing, as well as for reading and researching ancient historical and literary works and Buddhist scriptures.