The Current State of Dictionaries for the Study of Classical/Literary Chinese
Richard Kunst
Duke University and The Humanities Computing Laboratory
Southeast Early China Roundtable
University of Georgia, November 10-11, 2000
Some factors to consider:
E.g., Chinese or foreign, educational level, Chinese, English, or Japanese definitions
Ee.g., encyclopedic, contains proper nouns as well as general lexicon
a) character shape (e.g., radical/stroke) vs. phonetic "compound"
b) subentries how arranged (word length, phonetic, only starting with head word, or also containing head word
c) character style
d) Print vs. electronic (Web, CD-ROM)
e) Indexes and cross-indexes
f) Supplementary information, such as chronological charts
Cf. Oxford English Dictionary (OED), American Heritage Dictionary, etc.
(arranged mostly alphabetically by title, mostly in Wade-Giles (thanks to on-line catalogues), but with pinyin entries interspersed where they would go in Wade-Giles order)
Chinese historical dictionaries and rhyme books in the Shuowen/Erya/Qieyun tradition (sample)
Chi yün.
Sung k`o Chi yün / Ting Tu teng pien.
Pei-ching : Chung-hua shu chü : Hsin hua shu tien Pei-ching fa hsing so fa hsing, 1989.
Ching chi tsuan ku / Juan Yüan teng chuan chi.
Pei-ching : Chung hua shu chü : Hsin hua shu tien Pei-ching fa hsing so fa hsing, 1982.
Lu Deming.
Jingdian shiwen.
Erya. Harvard-Yenching Institute Sinological Index Series edition. Erya yinde (Supplement No. 18). Reprinted Taibei, 1966.
Fangyan jiao jian. By Yang Xiong. Ed. Zhou Zumo. Beijing: Centre franco-chinois d'etudes sinologiques (Congkan No. 14). Reprinted Taibei, 1968.
Hsin hsiu K`ang-hsi tzu tien / [Chang Yü-shu teng tsung yüeh ; Ling Shao-wen teng tsuan hsiu ; Kao Shu-fan ch`ung hsiu].
T`ai-pei : Ch`i yeh shu chü, Min kuo 68 [1979]
P`ei wen yun fu.
Chou, Chao-chi.
P`ei wen shih yün shih yao / Chou Chao-chi chi ; [Lu Jun-hsiang ch`ung chiao].
Shang-hai : Shang-hai ku chi ch`u pan she : Hsin hua shu tien Shang-hai fa hsing so fa hsing, 1982.
Shih-ming.
Hsü, Shen, d. 120?
Shuo wen chieh tzu chu (Shuowen jiezi). Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju, 1963. Redaction of Xu Xuan.
Shuowen jiezi gulin. Ed. Ding Fubao et al. Shanghai: Shanghai Yixue Shuju, Zhengbian, 1928; Buyi, 1936.
Zhu Junsheng.
Shuowen tongxun dingsheng.
Shanghai: Shangwu Yinshuguan (Wanyou Wenku, No. 2), 1937.
Shih, Tung.
Chien ming ku Han yü tz`u tien / Shih Tung.
K`un-ming shih : Yün-nan jen min ch`u pan she : Yün-nan sheng hsin hua shu tien fa hsing, 1985.
Chien ming wen yen tzu tien / "Chien ming wen yen tzu tien" pien hsieh tsu pien.
Shang-hai : Shang-hai chiao yü ch`u pan she : Hsin hua shu tien Shang-hai fa hsing so fa hsing, 1986.
T`ien, Kuang-wei.
Chien ming wen yen wen tzu tien / T`ien Kuang-wei, Hsiao Sheng-chieh.
Ch`eng-tu : Pa Shu shu she : Ssu-ch`uan sheng hsin hua shu tien fa hsing, 1986.
Chung-hua ku Han yü tzu tien / Chin Wen-ming chu pien.
Shang-hai : Shang-hai jen min ch`u pan she : Hsin hua shu tien Shang-hai fa hsing so ching hsiao, 1997.
Hsüeh sheng ku Han yü tz`u tien / Lu Yüan, Shen Heng-chung, Chang Hui-chih chu pien.
Shang-hai : Shang-hai tz`u shu ch`u pan she : Shang-hai tz`u shu ch`u pan she fa hsing so fa hsing, 1988.
Chou, Hsü-ch`üan.
Ku Han yü ch`ang yung tz`u t`ung shih / Chou Hsu-ch`üan, Wang, Ch`eng-yü.
Chung-ch`ing : Chung-ch`ing ch`u pan she : Hsin hua shu tien ching hsiao, 1988.
Ku Han yü ch`ang yung tz`u tz`u tien / [Wang Li chu pien ; Chung wai ch`u pan she ch`ung pien].
[Hsiang-kang] : Chung wai ch`u pan she ; Chiu-lung : fa hsing che Shih tai t`u shu yu hsien kung ssu, 1976.
Gu Hanyu changyongzi zidian. Ed. Gu...Bianxiezu ...... Beijing: Shangwu Yinshuguan, 1979.
Wang Li, editor-in-chief.
Gudai Hanyu. 4 vols.
Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju, 1962-64.
Wang Li.
Gudai Hanyu changshi.
Beijing: Renmin Jiaoyu Chubanshe, 1979.
Li, Chung-t`ien.
Ku tai Han yü ch`ang yung tz`u li shih t`zu tien / Li Chung-t`ien pien chu.
Shen-yang shih : Liao-ning jen min ch`u pan she, 1994.
Ku tai Han yü chiao hsüeh tz`u tien / Chou Ta-p`u chu pien.
Ch`ang-sha shih : Yüeh-lu shu she : Hu-nan sheng hsin hua shu tien ching hsiao, 1991.
Ku tai Han yü hsü tz`u t`ung shih / Ho Le-shih ... [et al.].
Pei-ching : Pei-ching ch`u pan she : Hsin hua shu tien Pei-ching fa hsing so fa hsing, 1985.
Shang ku Han yü tz`u tien / Chung Hsü-yüan, Hsü Wei-chien pien chu.
[Shen-chen shih] : Hai t`ien ch`u pan she : Hsin hua shu tien ching hsiao, 1987.
Shih yung ku Han yü ta tz`u tien / pen tz`u tien pien chi wei yüan hui.
[Cheng-chou] : Ho-nan jen min ch`u pan she, 1995.
Shih yung wen yen wen tz`u tien / Li Chih-hung chu pien.
Lan-chou : Kan-su jen min ch`u pan she : Kan-su sheng hsin hua shu tien fa hsing, 1990.
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Yang Shuda.
Ciquan.
Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju, 1965. Originally published 1928.
Chiang, Pi-ta.
Wen yen ch`ang yung tz`u tien / Chiang Pi-ta, Li Chung-t`ien.
Hai-nan : Nan-hai ch`u pan kung ssu ; [Peking] : Hsin hua shu tien Pei-ching fa hsing so ching hsiao, 1991.
Wen yen hsü tz`u ch`ien shih / Hsüeh Ju-chang ... [et al.].
Hsi-an : Shan-hsi jen min ch`u pan she : Shan-hsi sheng hsin hua shu tien fa hsing, 1977 (1980 printing)
Chung wen ta tz`u tien / [pien tsuan che Chung wen ta tz`u tien pien tsuan wei yüan hui ; chien hsiu Chang Ch`i-yün ; chu pien Lin Yin, Kao Ming].
Ta`i-pei shih Yang-ming shan : Chung-kuo wen hua ta hsüeh ch`u pan pu, Min kuo 82 [1993]
Han yü ta tz`u tien / chu pien Lo Chu-feng ; Han yü ta tz`u tien pien chi wei yüan hui, Han yü ta tz`u tien pien tsuan ch`u pien tsuan.
Shang-hai : Han yü ta tz`u tien ch`u pan she, 1990-1993.
Han yü ta tz`u tien. fu lu, so yin / chu pien Lo Chu-feng ; Han yü ta tz`u tien pien chi wei yüan hui, Han yü ta tz`u tien pien tsuan ch`u pien tsuan.
Shang-hai : Han yü ta tz`u tien ch`u pan she, 1994.
Han yü ta tzu tien / [pien chu Han yü ta tzu tien pien chi wei yüan hui.]
[Ch`eng-tu] : Ssu-ch`uan tz`u shu ch`u pan she : Hu-pei tz`u shu ch`u pan she, 1995.
Hsin hua tzu tien = Xinhua zidian.
Pei-ching : Shang wu yin shu kuan, 1995.
Hsin pien ku chin Han yü ta tz`u tien = Xinbian gujin Hanyu da cidian / [chu pien Hu Yü-shu].
Shang-hai : Shang-hai tz`u shu ch`u pan she, 1995.
Gujin Hanyu cidian. Shangwu yinshuguan cishu yanjiu zhongxin bian.
Beijing: Shanwu yinshuguan, 2000
Tz`u hui. Ta`i-pei, 1973 (Ref. Eric Henry)
Tz`u Hai : 1989 nien pan = Cihai / [Tz`u hai pien chi wei yüan hui pien].
[Shanghai] : Shang-hai tz`u shu ch`u pan she : fa hsing Shang-hai tz`u shu ch`u pan she fa hsing so, 1989.
Tz`u yüan / [Kuang-tung, Kuang-hsi, Hu-nan, Ho-nan Tz`u yüan hsiu ting tsu, Shang wu yin shu kuan pien chi pu pien].
Pei-ching : Shang wu yin shu kuan : Hsin hua shu tien Pei-ching fa hsing so fa hsing, 1979-1983.
Tz`u yüan : cheng hsü pien ho ting pen / Lu Erh-k`uei teng pien.
Cheng-chou shih : Chung chou ku chi ch`u pan she : hsin hua shu tien tsung tien Pei-ching fa hsing so fa hsing, 1993.
Giles, Herbert Allen, 1845-1935.
A Chinese-English dictionary / by Herbert A. Giles.
Shanghai : Kelly & Walsh, Lmtd., 1912.
Anderson, Olov Bertil, 1920- cn
A companion volume to R. H. Mathews' Chinese-English dictionary / Olov Bertil Anderson.
[Lund, Sweden] : Studentlitteratur ; London : Curzon Press, 1978-1982.
Couvreur, Séraphin, 1835-1919.
Couvreur, Séraphin, 1835-1919.
Dictionarium linguae Sinicae Latinum cum brevi interpretatione Gallica, ex radicum ordine dispositum.
Ho Kien Fou, In missione catholica S.J., 1877.
Dobson, W. A. C. H., 1913-
A dictionary of the Chinese particles, with a prolegomenon in which the problems of the particles are considered and they are classified by the grammatical functions [by] W. A. C. H. Dobson.
[Toronto, Buffalo] University of Toronto Press
Ulving, Tor.
Dictionary of old and middle Chinese : Bernhard Karlgren's Grammata serica recensa alphabetically arranged / by Tor Ulving.
Göteborg : Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, c1997.
Fenn, Courtenay Hughes, 1866-
The five thousand dictionary and index to the character cards of the College of Chinese studies, California College in China / originally compiled by Courtenay H. Fenn ; with the assistance of Chin Hsien Tseng.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1942.
Goldin, Paul and Gil Mattos
(draft philosophical dictionary of the Warring States period (c200 terms), presented at WSWG 15)
Karlgren, Bernhard, 1889-
Grammata serica recensa.
[Göteborg, Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebolag, 1964]
Mathews, R. H. (Robert Henry)
Mathews' Chinese-English dictionary.
[Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press], 1963.
Stimson, Hugh M.
One thousand Chinese characters with literary glosses [by] Hugh M. Stimson.
New Haven, Far Eastern Publications, Yale University, 1968.
Schuessler, Axel, 1940-
A dictionary of early Zhou Chinese / Axel Schuessler.
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c1987.
Lin, Yutang, 1895-1976.
Chinese-English dictionary of modern usage.
[Hong Kong] Chinese University of Hong Kong [distributed by McGraw-Hill, New York] 1972.
Far East practical English-Chinese dictionary = Yüan tung shih yung Ying Han tz`u tien / chu pien Liang Shih-ch`iu ; chiao ting Fu I-ch`in.
T`ai-pei shih : Yüan tung t`u shu kung ssu, 1984.
Stimson, Hugh M.
T'ang poetic vocabulary / Hugh M. Stimson.
New Haven, Conn. : Far Eastern Publications, Yale University, 1976.
Morohashi, Tetsuji, 1883-
Dai Kan-Wa jiten / Morohashi Tetsuji cho.
[Taipei : s.n., 1955-1959]
Fukutake Kan-Wa jiten / Ishikawa Tadahisa, Endo Tetsuo, Owada Akira hen.
Tokyo : Benesse, 1994.
Gojuonbiki Kodansha Kan-Wa jiten / Takeda Akira, Sakanashi Ryuzo hen.
Tokyo : Kodansha, 1997.
Shirakawa, Shizuka, 1910-
Jikun / Shirakawa Shizuka.
Tokyo : Heibonsha, 1995.
Shirakawa, Shizuka, 1910-
Jitsu / Shirakawa Shizuka.
Tokyo : Heibonsha, 1996.
Todo, Akiyasu, 1915-
Kanji gogen jiten = Etymological dictionary of Chinese characters / Todo Akiyasu.
Tokyo : Gakutosha, 1965 (1976 printing)
Kanji naritachi jiten : Todo hoshiki, shogakuseiban / Todo Akiyasu kanshu ; Kyoikusha hen.
[Higashimurayama-shi] : Kyoikusha : Tokyo : hanbai Kyoikusha Shuppan Sabisu, 1982 (1985 printing)
Morohashi, Tetsuji, 1883-
Ko Kan-Wa jiten / Morohashi Tetsuji, Kamada Tadashi, Yoneyama Torataro cho.
Tokyo : Taishukan Shoten, Showa 56-57 [1981-1982] (Heisei 6 [1994] printing)
Ogawa Tamaki, Nishida Taiichiro, and Akatsuka Kiyoshi, eds.
Shinjigen.
Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 1968.
Specialized Dictionaries and Glossaries (sample)
Chinese-English glossary of common terms in traditional Chinese medicine = [Han Ying ch`ang yung Chung i tz`u hui] / compilers, Ou Ming ... [et al.].
Hongkong : Joint Pub. Co., 1982.
Ch`ing administrative terms; a translation of the terminology of the six boards with explanatory notes. Translated and edited by E-tu Zen Sun.
Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1961.
Soothill, William Edward, 1861-1935.
A dictionary of Chinese Buddhist terms : with Sanskrit and English equivalents and a Sanskrit-Pali index / compiled by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous.
Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 1977.
Dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i yao tz'u tien / edited by Xie Zhufan, Huang Xiaokai.
[Hong Kong] : Commercial Press ; San Francisco, Ca. : China Books & Periodicals, c1985.
Mickel, Stanley L. "A Semantic Analysis of the Disaster Graphs of
Period One Shang Dynasty Oracle Bones." Ph.D. dissertation,
Indiana University, 1976.
March, Benjamin, 1899-1934.
Some technical terms of Chinese painting, by Benjamin March ...
Baltimore, Waverly Press, inc., 1935.
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