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    The Erya or Erh-ya is the first surviving Chinese dictionary. The sinologist Bernhard Karlgren concluded that "the major part of its glosses must reasonably...
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  • The Xiao Erya (simplified Chinese: 小尔雅; traditional Chinese: 小爾雅; pinyin: Xiǎo Ěryǎ; Wade–Giles: Hsiao Erh-ya; "Little [Er]ya") was an early Chinese dictionary...
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    dynasty (960–1279) or Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). It is found in the Erya yintu (爾雅音圖, Erya Pronunciations and Illustrations), the extant 1801 facsimile woodblock...
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  • of ancient China mentioned in historical texts such as the Tribute of Yu, Erya and Rites of Zhou. There are four different theories regarding the origin...
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    of mood) etc.), stressing that in the traditional dictionaries (such as Erya or the Kangxi Dictionary), the word 令 is explained with the word 善. Nakanishi...
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  • sword" Pú "a surname", namely Park (Korean surname) Piáo "a surname" The Erya, which is the oldest Chinese dictionary, defined pu 樸 and supu 樕樸 as "oak"...
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  • However, Touya saves Erya, allowing him to pass the throne to Cloud without any threats so he can retire and be with his wife. Erya Zes Lihnea (エリア・ゼス・リーニエ...
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    sizes. The entry for the Xun in the oldest surviving Chinese encyclopedia, Erya (Refined Definitions, c. 3rd century BC), describes it as being of two types:...
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    pelts to control menstruation as described in the Qin dynasty encyclopedia Erya. The creature named mo (貘) mentioned in some ancient books has been interpreted...
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    Bencao says "綸布 (gūanbù), alias 昆布 (kūnbù)." Then, what is mentioned in the Erya as "(what is pronounced) 綸 resembles 綸. This is in the East China Sea" kūnbù...
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