The earliest dictionary in China is Er Ya, which is the ancestor of dictionaries (dictionaries are dictionaries, dictionaries and dictionaries). Erya is the first dictionary. Er means near (later written as near), and Ya means right. Here it refers to Ya Yan, which is a standard language in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.
erya means to approach and conform to elegance, that is, to explain ancient Chinese words and dialect words with elegance and justice, so as to make them close to norms. Er Ya was written between the Warring States Period or the Han Dynasty, and the upper limit should not be earlier than the Warring States Period, because some of the materials used in the book came from books such as Songs of the South, Liezi, Zhuangzi and Lu Chunqiu, which were works after the Warring States Period.
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In history, Erya was highly respected, because Erya summarized and explained many ancient words in ancient books of pre-Qin, and became an important reference book for Confucian scholars to read and understand the classics. Learning Erya can help you "learn more about birds, animals, plants, insects and fish" and increase all kinds of knowledge.
erya was regarded as a Confucian classic in the Han dynasty. When Tang Wenzong carved the stone sutra in his adult life, it was included in the sutra department. It was listed as one of the thirteen classics in Song Dynasty. As a matter of fact, Erya is not a classic, nor is it a vassal of a certain classic. It is an independent dictionary. With the help of this dictionary, people can read ancient books and study ancient vocabulary. You can learn about ancient society and increase all kinds of knowledge.
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