1. "Ancient Chinese Dictionary" by The Commercial Press
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The biggest advantage of The Commercial Press's "Ancient Chinese Dictionary" is that the explanations are more complete and more precise (the meanings of pre-Qin and Chinese words are basically included, and the meanings in some places are more comprehensive than those of the "Hanyu Dictionary"). The disadvantage is that there are too many phonetic errors and they are excessive. Useful analogies to simplify words.
The advantages of Zhonghua Book Company's "Wang Li Ancient Chinese Dictionary" are: 1. The printing of traditional Chinese characters is suitable for reading ancient books; 2. The phonetic notation is more accurate and the medieval sounds and ancient rhymes are noted together. But please forgive me for being disrespectful. This book is written by many talented people and was mainly written by Mr. Wang Li and his disciples. It took a long time to compile, and there are many problems from today's perspective. First, there are too many missing items in the explanation, and some common meanings of words are not listed (this problem seriously affects the practicality of this book). Second, the examples are not listed in the first books. The list of three prefixes is unscientific (the author seems to have realized that this This point is explained in the examples). Of course, most of Wang Li's disciples studied grammar and phonology, but few studied vocabulary. Moreover, Mr. Wang Li had already established the style during his lifetime. The inconvenience of his disciples to change it may be the main reason for these problems, but the flaws cannot be concealed. It will be better if this book is read together with the business "Ancient Chinese Dictionary".