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Guangya 廣雅 "Broadening the Refined"


This late Han time thesaurus was compiled by Zhang Ji 張揖 (begin 3rd century). It is a complement to the Erya 爾雅 thesaurus that was compiled during the Former Han Dynasty, and therefore is very similar in its systematic of explaining terms with a similar meaning.

Source: Zhongguo da baike quanshu, Zhongguo lishi
Exemplarious translation:

古、昔、先、創、方、作、造、朔、萌、芽、本、根,始也。
Antique gu, old xi, first xian, create chuang, methodizing fang, make zuo, build zao, newmoon shuo, sprout meng, germ ya, stem ben, root gen, all means "beginning shi"
乾、官、元、首、主、上,君也。
Sovereign qian, official guan, principle yuan, head shou, main zhu, being above shang, all means "ruling jun".

Translated by Ulrich Theobald.

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July 17, 2010 © · Ulrich Theobald · Mail