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Erya
The Erya or Erh-ya (Chinese: 爾雅; pinyin: Ěryǎ) is the earliest surviving Chinese dictionary. The sinologist Bernhard Karlgren concluded that "the major part of its glosses must reasonably date from the 3rd century BC."
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The Erya or Erh-ya (Chinese: 爾雅; pinyin: Ěryǎ) is the earliest surviving Chinese dictionary. The sinologist Bernhard Karlgren concluded that "the major part of its glosses must reasonably date from the 3rd century BC."