The ''Jiyun'' (''Chi-yun''; ) is a
Chinese rime dictionary published in 1037 during the
Song Dynasty
The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...
. The chief editor Ding Du (丁度) and others expanded and revised the ''
Guangyun''. It is possible, according to Teng and Biggerstaff (1971:147), that
Sima Guang
Sima Guang (17 November 1019 – 11 October 1086), courtesy name Junshi, was a Chinese historian, politician, and writer. He was a high-ranking Song dynasty scholar-official who authored the monumental history book ''Zizhi Tongjian''. Sima was ...
completed the text in 1067. The ''Jiyun'' has 53,525 character entries (Teng & Biggerstaff, 1971: 147), approximately twice as many as the ''Guangyun'', and likewise has 206 rime groups.
See also
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Rime dictionary
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Rime table A rime table or rhyme table () is a Chinese phonological model, tabulating the syllables of the series of rime dictionaries beginning with the ''Qieyun'' (601) by their onsets, rhyme groups, tones and other properties. The method gave a significa ...
References
* Teng, Ssu-yü and Biggerstaff, Knight. 1971. ''An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Chinese Reference Works'', 3rd ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
Chinese dictionaries
Song dynasty literature
Middle Chinese
Traditional Chinese phonology
11th-century Chinese books
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