CLASSIC  經典

DOCUMENT of INTENSELY BIG AUTHORITY, TYPICALLY USED in EDUCATION.
EPITOMEPARADIGMEXEMPLARGREAT WORKMASTERPIECE
Hypernym
  • DOCUMENTARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR CONTAINING WRITING.
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The pre-Han general term which became culturally crucial in Han times is jīng 經 (opp. zhuàn 傳 "commentary, tradition attached to classic") which can refer to any canonised codified "classical" text.

2. Diǎn 典 is highly archaic and begins to be obsolete by Warring States times though the word did survive as a deliberate archaism.

See also DECREE and LAW

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

EDUCATION 5.

經，對儒家和宗教和其他具有永久指導作用的典範著作的尊稱。

典, 典範重要的文獻和典籍。

墳，取義於大、高、古，讓人仰視、最古老的重要典籍。

Modern Chinese Criteria
經書

經籍

經

經典

典籍

first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.1595

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Rhetorik ( UEDING 1992ff) p. 4.869

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Rhetorik ( UEDING 1992ff) p. 4.977-1988

  • 中國文化背景八千詞 Zhongguo wenhua beijing ba qian ci ( WU SANXING 2008) p. 286

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    SCRIPTURE

Words

經  jīng OC: keeŋ MC: keŋ 15 Attributions

The pre-Han general term which became culturally crucial in Han times is jīng 經 (opp. zhuàn 傳 "commentary on classics") which can refer to any canonised codified "classical" text.

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 典/CLASSIC Diǎn 典 is highly archaic and begins to be obsolete by Warring States times though the word did survive as a deliberate archaism.See also DECREE and LAW
  • Assoc: 典/CLASSIC Diǎn 典 is highly archaic and begins to be obsolete by Warring States times though the word did survive as a deliberate archaism.See also DECREE and LAW
  • Assoc: 藝/ARTS The most general word for the polite arts in ancient China is yì 藝. [GENERAL]

    Syntactic words
  • nclassic book; main textBUDDH: Buddhist scripture, often concretely referring to sūtras which traditionally were regarded as the words of Buddha
  • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: Already Liu Hui's preface to JZ refers to JZ as a 經 in the notoriously ill-understood phrase 經術 which, in Liu Hui's preface to JZ must refer to "the procedures in the Classic (i.e. in the JZ)". Thus whereas the JZ itself does not declare itself to be a 經, the earliest commentary does. If, as many modern Chinese translators suggest, 經 had to be taken to refer to the Confucian classics in Liu Hui's commentary, this would mark an uncharacteristically diffuse departure from the mathematical topic of his great commentary.
典  diǎn OC: tɯɯnʔ MC: ten 3 Attributions

Diǎn 典 is highly archaic and begins to be obsolete by Warring States times though the word did survive as a deliberate archaism.See also DECREE and LAW

    Word relations
  • Contrast: 籍/DOCUMENT Jǐ2 籍 refers to a formal and official record, typically a population register or a written official statute.
  • Contrast: 經/CLASSIC The pre-Han general term which became culturally crucial in Han times is jīng 經 (opp. zhuàn 傳 "commentary on classics") which can refer to any canonised codified "classical" text.
  • Assoc: 經/CLASSIC The pre-Han general term which became culturally crucial in Han times is jīng 經 (opp. zhuàn 傳 "commentary on classics") which can refer to any canonised codified "classical" text.

    Syntactic words
  • ntext giving the laws of antiquity; classic text; canonical scripture
  • vicodified, formalised
墳  fén OC: bɯn MC: bi̯un 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nclassic 三墳
經書  jīng shū OC: keeŋ qhlja MC: keŋ ɕi̯ɤ 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralclassic books> sutras
六經  liù lù liù jīng MC: ljuwk keng OC: ɡ-ruɡ keeŋCH 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • npost-V{NUM}the six classics 《诗》《书》《礼》《易》《乐》《春秋》CH
典墳  diǎn fén OC: tɯɯnʔ bɯn MC: ten bi̯un 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPreferentialthe classics (of all kinds)
反經  fǎn jīng OC: panʔ keeŋ MC: pi̯ɐn keŋ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPClassic of Opposites (important chapter by Zhang Rui, contemporary and acquaintance of Li Bo)
法典  fǎ diǎn OC: pab tɯɯnʔ MC: pi̯ɐp ten 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPBuddhist classics
六經  liù lù liù jīng MC: ljuwk keng OC: ɡ-ruɡ keeŋCH 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • npost-V{NUM}the six classics 《诗》《书》《礼》《易》《乐》《春秋》CH
詩經  shī jīng MC: syi keng OC: qhljɯ keeŋDS 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPClassical Book of SongsDS
詩書  shī shū MC: syi syo OC: qhljɯ qhljaCH 1 Attribution

    Word relations
  • Object: 學/STUDY The dominant word is xué 學 (ant. jiào 教 "train teach")which refers primarily to studying or training under another person, and secondarily to the learning by heart texts. Very often, the word retains a tinge of immitation.

    Syntactic words
  • NPclassics of Odes and DocumentsCH
七經  qī jīng OC: snʰid keeŋ MC: tshit keŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPthe Seven Classics DCD: 七經名目，歷來說法不一。 東漢 《一字石經》作《易》、《詩》、《書》、《儀禮》、《春秋》、《公羊》、《論語》；《後漢書‧張純傳》 唐 李賢 注作《詩》、《書》、《禮》、《樂》、《易》、《春秋》、《論語》； 宋 劉敞 《七經小傳》作《書》、《詩》、《周禮》、《儀禮》、《禮記》、《公羊》、《論語》； 清 康熙 《御纂七經》作《易》、《書》、《詩》、《春秋》、《周禮》、《儀禮》、《禮記》。
佛經  fó jīng OC: bɯd keeŋ MC: bi̯ut keŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPBuddhist sutra; Buddhist holy texts
墳典  fén diǎn OC: bɯn tɯɯnʔ MC: bi̯un ten 0 Attributions

三墳 and 五典

    Syntactic words
  • NP{N1&N2}classic
經傳  jīng zhuàn OC: keeŋ tons MC: keŋ ʈiɛn 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPclassics and commentaries
經卷  jīng juàn OC: keeŋ ɡonʔ MC: keŋ gi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPpluralclassics; sutras
諸子  zhū zǐ OC: klja sklɯʔ MC: tɕi̯ɤ tsɨ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • NPthe books of the various philosophers/masters
六經  liù lù liù jīng MC: ljuwk keng OC: ɡ-ruɡ keeŋCH 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • npost-V{NUM}classicsCH
六經  liù lù liù jīng MC: ljuwk keng OC: ɡ-ruɡ keeŋCH 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • npost-V{NUM}the six classicsCH

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