The Yiwen Leiju, or translated as Encyclopedia of Literary Collections,[1] is a Chinese leishu encyclopedia completed by Ouyang Xun in 624 under the Tang dynasty. Other contributors include Linghu Defen and Chen Shuda.
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| Traditional Chinese | 藝文類聚 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 艺文类聚 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Collection of Literature Arranged by Categories | ||||||
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Yiwen Leiju is divided into 47 sections and many subsections, covering a vast number of subjects and including many quotations from older works, which are well cited.[2]
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Pages from a Southern Song dynasty Shaoxing period edition of the Yiwen Leiju, from the Shanghai Library -
Pages from a Ming dynasty Jiajing period edition of Yiwen Leiju, from the Harvard University -
Pages from a Ming dynasty Wanli period edition of Yiwen Leiju, from the Harvard University -
Pages from a Ming dynasty Wanli period editon of Yiwen Leiju, from the National Archives of Japan
References
edit- ^ https://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp318_hallucinogens_china.pdf Fan Pen Li Chen Hallucinogen Use in China: Sino-Platonic Papers, Number 318, October 2021, State University of Albany New York
- ^ Wilkinson, Chinese history: a manual, p. 603.
External links
edit- Ricci Library Catalog
- Yiwen Leiju "Collection of Various Matters from Classics and other Literature" — Chinaknowledge.de.
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