A Comparative Study: The Tangxieben and Songkanben of the Shuowen Jiezi
abstract: The Shuowen jiezi 說文解字 [Explaining depictions of reality and analyzing graphs of words] (100 AD), written by Xu Shen 許慎of Eastern Han dynasty, is known as the first comprehensive dictionary for Chinese characters. However, the earliest complete edition of the Shuowen available today is the...
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| Format: | Dissertation |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.44284 |