Yiwen Leiju
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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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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.
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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