The Yiwen Leiju is a Chinese leishu encyclopedia completed by Ouyang Xun in 624 under the Tang. Its other contributors included Linghu Defen and Chen Shuda.
| Yiwen Leiju | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 藝文類聚 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 艺文类聚 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Collection of Literature Arranged by Categories | ||||||
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It is divided into 47 sections and many subsections. It covers a vast number of subjects and contains many quotations from older works, which are well cited.[1]
References
edit- ^ Wilkinson, Chinese history: a manual, p. 603.
