Explaining Single-Component Graphs and Analyzing Compound Characters 說文解字 (1644-1722)
1media/shuowenjiezi_thumb.jpg2020-10-14T16:27:20-07:00Tang Li94607ee88639079982d0344d02ff8ecdf7b6dc46309969Shuowen jiezi 說文解字 (Explaining Single-Component Graphs and Analyzing Compound Characters) is the earliest comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters compiled by Xu Shen 許慎 (d. 120?) in 100 AD. Xu was the first to systematically use radicals 部首 as classifiers in the dictionary. The oldest extant copy of Shuowen jiezi is a revised edition compiled by Xu Xuan 徐鉉 (916-991) under imperial edict during the Song dynasty. USC copy was printed by Mao Jin 毛晉 (1599-1659), a prominent book collector and publisher during the late Ming and eary Qing periods. Donated by Dr. Peter Marie Suski. Date/Edition: Early Qing Period (1644 -1722) | 清初毛氏汲古閣刻本.plain2020-12-09T11:09:04-08:00Link to the catalog record in the USC LibrariesTang Li94607ee88639079982d0344d02ff8ecdf7b6dc46