Dragon Cave Mirror - (Goryeo Edition)

Author: (Liao) Xingjun
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Publishing Date: 1985-07-01
Features: This book is 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 26,430 characters, with annotations totaling over 163,170 words, resulting in a total of over 189,610 words (including annotations). The radicals are arranged in the order of the four tones (ping, shang, qu, ru), and the characters within each radical are also ordered by tone. 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. This book is a manual of characters compiled by Xingjun, a monk from Youzhou during the Liao Dynasty, for the study of Buddhist scriptures. It collects a large number of cursive and variant characters from handwritten Buddhist manuscripts. The book contains over 26,430 characters, with annotations totaling over 163,170 words, resulting in a total of over 189,610 words (including annotations). Below each character, the standard form, cursive form, ancient form, modern form, and variant forms are listed, along with simple phonetic and semantic annotations.