The ''Guangyun'' (''Kuang-yun''; ) is a

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rime dictionary that was compiled from 1007 to 1008 under the patronage of Emperor Zhenzong of Song. Its full name was ''Dà Sòng chóngxiū guǎngyùn'' (, literally "Great Song revised and expanded rhymes"). Chen Pengnian (, 961–1017) and Qiu Yong () were the chief editors. The dictionary is a revision and expansion of the influential '' Qieyun'' rime dictionary of 601, and was itself later revised as the ''

Jiyun The ''Jiyun'' (''Chi-yun''; ) is a Chinese rime dictionary published in 1037 during the Song Dynasty. The chief editor Ding Du (丁度) and others expanded and revised the '' Guangyun''. It is possible, according to Teng and Biggerstaff (1971:14 ...

''. '' Pingshui Yun'' system, the standard for poetry rhyming after the Song Dynasty, is also based on ''Guangyun''. Until the discovery of an almost complete early 8th century edition of the ''Qieyun'' in 1947, the ''Guangyun'' was the most accurate available account of the ''Qieyun'' phonology, and was heavily used in early work on the reconstruction of

Middle Chinese Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese recorded in the '' Qieyun'', a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expanded editions. The ...

. It is still used as a major source. The ''Guangyun'' has a similar hierarchical organization to the ''Qieyun'': * The dictionary is split into

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in five volumes, two for the Middle Chinese level tone () and one each for the three oblique tones, rising (), departing () and entering (). * Each tone is split into rimes, with a total of 206 final rimes, increased from 193 in the ''Qieyun''. * Each rime is divided into groups of homophonous characters, with the pronunciation of each group given by a

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formula. The dictionary has a total of 26,194 character entries, each containing a brief explanation of the character's meaning. The

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database incorporates the "SBGY" (''Songben Guangyun''; "Song edition ''Guangyun''") dataset with 25,334 head-entries for 19,583 characters.

Table of Consonants

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A comprehensive parallel presentation of various Qieyun fragments and editions, by Zuzuki Shingo 鈴木慎吾, including the Kanmiu Buque Qieyun

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