Shi Ming

In the Eastern Han Dynasty Liu Xi''s Shi Ming, selected words from eight categories including astronomy and geography, human body, human relations, language, clothing, food and daily life, documents, utensils, and funerals. It contains more than 1,400 items and exegesis. There are more than 1,700 exegetical words, with the category of things as sutras and the category of meanings as latitudes, divided into twenty-seven articles such as Shitian, Shidi, Shishan, Shishui, and Shiqiu. There are sub-categories under the big category, with clear levels and orderly sequence. The method of "e;sound training"e; is widely used to trace the origin of people, things, and events. It is China''s first etymology research work. Together with Erya, Dialect and Shuowen Jiezi, it can be called the "e;Four Masterpieces"e; of Chinese language and philology. This edition is based on Collection and Proofreading of Shi Ming by Mr. Ren Jifang, who has been specializing in Shi Ming for more than 30 years. Take Chu Liangcai in the third year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty and Cheng Hong''s reprinted version of Shi Ming as the base copy, and collate it with other editions, it provides brief explanations, concise annotations and full text translation according to the examples of Sanquan ontology. It is an easy-to-read and easy-to-use popular book suitable for readers.