Erya is the ancestor of dictionaries. Collected a relatively rich vocabulary of ancient Chinese. It is not only the ancestor of dictionaries, but also a classic in ancient China.
Erya is a literary work of lexicography, which was first included in the History of Han Dynasty, but the author's name was not included. Rich ancient Chinese vocabulary is collected in the works. Be included in thirteen classics. It is the core component of the traditional culture of the Han nationality.
Er Ya was written between the Warring States Period or the Han Dynasty, and the upper limit should not be earlier than that of the Warring States Period, because some materials used in the book came from books such as Chu Ci, Zhuangzi and Lv Chunqiu, all of which were works after the Warring States Period.
According to textual research, it has not been seen before in the Warring States period. Some people think that the writing limit of Er Ya will not be later than that of the Western Han Dynasty, because Dr Er Ya was already set up in Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, and Er Ya Zhu, regarded as literature, appeared in Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty.
The book contains more than 4,300 words arranged according to their meanings, accounting for 209 1 entry. It is the ancestor of China's dictionary. There are 20 articles in this book, and there are 9 articles/kloc-0. It is about the scholars in Qin and Han Dynasties, who edited and sorted out the old books and articles from all over the pre-Qin period and obtained them step by step.
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Erya is regarded as the pioneering work of China's exegetics, which has great influence on exegetics, phonology, etymology, dialectology and ancient philology. Among them, the golden flower comes from the Han Dynasty. It is the first comprehensive dictionary arranged according to semantic categories in China, and it is an important reference book to dredge ancient words in ancient documents including the Five Classics.
In history, Erya is highly respected because it summarizes and explains the ancient meanings of many ancient words in pre-Qin ancient books and has become an important reference book for Confucian scholars to read and understand classics. Learning Erya can help you "learn more about birds, animals, plants, insects and fish" and increase all kinds of knowledge.
Erya was regarded as a Confucian classic in the Han Dynasty. When Tang Wenzong carved the Classic of Stone as an adult, he was included in the Classic Department. It was listed as one of the thirteen classics in Song Dynasty. In fact, Er Ya is not a classic, nor is it a vassal of a classic. This is an independent dictionary.
Ouyang Xiu's Original Meaning of Poetry said: "Examining its arts and sciences is the explanation of the doctors who compiled and said poems during the Qin and Han Dynasties." Zhu said: "Er Ya is based on biography, but later generations are based on Er Ya."