Although there are some shortcomings and mistakes in Shuo Wen Jie Zi Zhu, which cost Duan Yucai half his life, its important position in the academic history of China has long been affirmed by academic circles at home and abroad. Ruan Yuan called it "well-founded, there is a raft after it". Wang Niansun called it "nothing like this in 7,000 years". When Duan Yucai died, Wang Niansun cried and said to disciple Chen Huan, "If you play dead, there will be no scholar in the world!" Yes, Duan Yucai played an important role in the academic history of Qing Dynasty.
This book completely preserves the glyphs of Biography and some ancient pre-Qin characters, reflects the characteristics of ancient Chinese vocabulary, concentrates the achievements of exegetics in the Han Dynasty, and contains rich information on ancient social politics, economy, military affairs, law, science and technology, dialects and proverbs, which has high research value, so it has attracted the attention of later scholars and is regarded as a masterpiece of exegetics.
The punch line:
Yu Zhuo killed Wushan County yesterday, and saw ostrich vomit fur like pills.