CLASSIC    經典

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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
Hypernym
  • DOCUMENT　ARTEFACT PRODUCED FOR CONTAINING WRITING. (anc: 5/0, child: 15)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • 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 (19 items)

    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]

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    • 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

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    • 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.

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    • ntext giving the laws of antiquity; classic text; canonical scripture
    • vicodified, formalised
    經書  jīng shū OC: keeŋ qhlja MC: keŋ ɕi̯ɤ 2 Attributions
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    • NPpluralclassic books> sutras
    墳  fén OC: bɯn MC: bi̯un 2 Attributions
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    • nclassic 三墳
    六經  liù lù liù jīng MC: ljuwk keng OC: ɡ-ruɡ keeŋ 2 Attributions
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    • npost-V{NUM}the six classics 《诗》《书》《礼》《易》《乐》《春秋》CH
    反經  fǎn jīng OC: panʔ keeŋ MC: pi̯ɐn keŋ 1 Attribution
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    • NPClassic of Opposites (important chapter by Zhang Rui, contemporary and acquaintance of Li Bo)
    詩書  shī shū MC: syi syo OC: qhljɯ qhlja 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.

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    • NPclassics of Odes and DocumentsCH
    典墳  diǎn fén OC: tɯɯnʔ bɯn MC: ten bi̯un 1 Attribution
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    • NPreferentialthe classics (of all kinds)
    詩經  shī jīng MC: syi keng OC: qhljɯ keeŋ 1 Attribution
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    • NPClassical Book of SongsDS
    六經  liù lù liù jīng MC: ljuwk keng OC: ɡ-ruɡ keeŋ 1 Attribution
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    • npost-V{NUM}the six classics 《诗》《书》《礼》《易》《乐》《春秋》CH
    法典  fǎ diǎn OC: pab tɯɯnʔ MC: pi̯ɐp ten 1 Attribution
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    • NPBuddhist classics
    經傳  jīng zhuàn OC: keeŋ tons MC: keŋ ʈiɛn 0 Attributions
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    • NPclassics and commentaries
    經卷  jīng juàn OC: keeŋ ɡonʔ MC: keŋ gi̯ɐn 0 Attributions
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    • NPpluralclassics; sutras
    墳典  fén diǎn OC: bɯn tɯɯnʔ MC: bi̯un ten 0 Attributions

    三墳 and 五典

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    • NP{N1&N2}classic
    佛經  fó jīng OC: bɯd keeŋ MC: bi̯ut keŋ 0 Attributions
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    • NPBuddhist sutra; Buddhist holy texts
    諸子  zhū zǐ OC: klja sklɯʔ MC: tɕi̯ɤ tsɨ 0 Attributions
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    • NPthe books of the various philosophers/masters
    六經  liù lù liù jīng MC: ljuwk keng OC: ɡ-ruɡ keeŋ 0 Attributions
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    • npost-V{NUM}classicsCH
    六經  liù lù liù jīng MC: ljuwk keng OC: ɡ-ruɡ keeŋ 0 Attributions
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    • npost-V{NUM}the six classicsCH
    七經  qī jīng OC: snʰid keeŋ MC: tshit keŋ 0 Attributions
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    • 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》。