Abstract: Jin Dian Shi Wen is a book that collects the sounds and meanings of all Confucian classics.It includes widely and its textual research is smart and profound.The book's achievement can be concluded from three aspects.Firstly,the Preface of this book states the reason,notes on the use of the book and the origin and development of Confucian classics,which provides a basic clue for rightly understanding the history before Tang Dynasty.Secondly,Jin Dian Shi Wen collects and records other phonology books to pronounce the words of the classics and record the explanations of words in the classics,which is the basic way to learn the ancient sounds and meanings.Thirdly,the book collects the variant Hanzi and pronounciation in different editions,records lost words and sounds,distinguishes the Hanzi's form and sounds,which compiles the main achievement in collation and keeps plentiful linguistic materials that are the treasures for studying the language in ancient times.However,because of limitation of times and research methods,Jin Dian Shi Wen also has some defects in judgment and choice of the linguistic materials.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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