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| Processed by: | richwarm (2012-02-28 23:35:39 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 38148 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> Pinyin ~ shi4 --> Shi4 Author ~ Wp: "There is controversy whether this dictionary's author was Liú Xī (劉熙/刘熙; Liu Hsi; who flourished around 200 CE) or the more-famous Liú Zhēn (劉珍; Liu Chen; who died in 126 CE)." English title ~ there doesn't seem to be an accepted English translation of the title, and "Explain Words" doesn't seem very good -- "Explanation of Words" might be a little better. The Wp article title is "Shiming" Etymological? -- I think it can be better characterized by its use of punning definitions, rather than by the word "etymological", judging from the Wp entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiming |
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- 劉熙 刘熙 [Liu2 Xi1] /Liu Xi (late Han, fl. 180), author of etymological dictionary 釋名|释名/ # 1) Who would know that "fl." means "flourished"? # 2) I don't think the dictionary should be characterized as "etymological" # 3) There is controversy about the authorship of the dictionary, according to Wp @ "Shiming" + 劉熙 刘熙 [Liu2 Xi1] /Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 釋名|释名[Shi4 ming2]/ - 釋名 释名 [shi4 ming2] /late Han etymological dictionary "Explain Words" by 劉熙|刘熙, 27 chapters in 8 scrolls, 1502 entries/ + 釋名 释名 [Shi4 ming2] /"Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning/ |