Zitong (dictionary)
Zitong | ||
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Hanyu Pinyin Zìtōng | | |
Wade–Giles | Tzu-t'ung | |
Yue: Cantonese | ||
Jyutping | Zi4tung1 | |
Southern Min | ||
Hokkien POJ | Jīthong | |
Middle Chinese | ||
Middle Chinese | Dzithuwng |
Transcriptions | |
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McCune–Reischauer | Chat'ong |
Transcriptions | |
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Revised Hepburn | Jitsū |
The (1254) Zitong 字通 or Mastery of Characters is a
Title
The title combines two common words: zì
Li Congzhou's choice of title was the name of an earlier character dictionary that is now a
The similarly titled (1671) Zhengzitong 正字通 "Correct Character Mastery" (with zhèng 正 "right; straight; correct") was published by Qing dynasty scholar Liao Wenying 廖文英, who bought and renamed the (1627) Zihui bian 字彙辯 "Zihui Disputations", which was written by the Ming dynasty author Zhang Zilie 張自烈 as a supplement to the (1615) Zihui dictionary.
Furthermore, the Japanese lexicographer Shirakawa Shizuka 白川静 edited an identically titled (1996) Jitsū 字通 "Mastery of Characters" Japanese dictionary.
History
In an
The first Chinese orthographic dictionaries, or "'character model' dictionaries", were compiled during the
In addition to the Zitong, various orthography dictionaries and character books were published during the Song dynasty (960–1279), for instance, the Fugubian 复古編 "Return to Old Chapters" by Zhang You 張有 and the Peixi 佩觿 "Ivory Bodkin" by the painter Guo Zhongshu.
Text
The Zitong was in one volume, and based upon the classic (121)
There were flaws in the Zitong, such as listing some characters twice and inconsistencies in the 89-radical system. It did have a useful appendix with 82 popular erroneous writings, such as yīchang 衣常 instead of yīshang 衣裳 "clothing; clothes".[3] Nevertheless, this dictionary was important for the study of lexicographical theories concerning dictionary compilation in the Song Dynasty.[2]
References
- Yong, Heming; Peng, Jing (2008). Chinese Lexicography: A History from 1046 BC to AD 1911. Oxford University Press.
Footnotes
- ^ a b Zhou Youguang 周有光 (2003), The Historical Evolution of Chinese Languages and Scripts, tr. by Zhang Liqing 張立青 National East Asian Languages Resource Center, Ohio State University. p. 72.
- ^ a b Yong & Peng 2008, p. 198.
- ^ a b Theobald, Ulrich (2013), Zitong 字通 "(A Scholar) Versed in Characters", Chinaknowledge.
- ^ Lin Yuan (2008), "Zitong Gouchen"《字统》勾沉" [Recovering the Zitong], Gu Hanyu yanjiu 古汉语研究 3.80: 85-88. (in Chinese)
- ^ Xu Shiyi 徐时仪 (2013) 北朝字书《字统》佚文钩沉 [Recovering the Lost Zitong], Zhongguo wenxue yanjiu 中国文字研究 17. (in Chinese)
- ^ Yong & Peng 2008, pp. 197, 177.
- ^ Tr. Yong & Peng 2008, p. 194.