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Heming YONG & Jing PENG (2008). Chinese Lexicography: A History from 1046 BC to AD 1911. New York: Oxford University Press, 458p.

Heming YONG & Jing PENG (2008). Chinese Lexicography: A History from 1046 BC to AD 1911. New... Comptes rendus The study under review is the first English-language overview of the Chinese lexicographic tradition. It covers a wide range of titles from the Zhou (1046 -256) to the Qing dynasty (1616-1919) and takes into account bilingual dictionaries from Tang to Qi-ng. The book is based on a four-period division (p. 10): (1) the pioneering and emerging period: 1046 BC-AD 220 (Western Zhou to Eastern Han), (2) the exploration and cultivation period: 220-1368 (Three Kingdoms to Yuan Dynasty), (3) the reform and shaping period: 1368-1991 (Ming to QTng), (4) the depression and booming period: 1911-present (XXth C.). The book is organised as follows: I. Introduction (pp. 3-12) II. The genesis and emergence of lexicographical culture and works in Ancient China (pp. 13-152) III. The exploration and cultivation of lexicography in China (pp. 153-255) IV. The reform and shaping of lexicography in China (pp. 257-364) V. Chinese bilingual lexicography: A brief overview (pp. 365-402) Cahiers de Linguistique-Asie Orientale 39(1): 81-94 (2010) (0 CRLAO-EHESS 54, Bd Raspail 75006 Paris 0 153-3320/2010/039-81 The book also includes three appendices, a bibliography (pp. 447- 451), a useful list of five websites, an index of Chinese names, and a preface by J.H. Prynne http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale / Oriental Languages and Linguistics Brill

Heming YONG & Jing PENG (2008). Chinese Lexicography: A History from 1046 BC to AD 1911. New York: Oxford University Press, 458p.

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Copyright 2010 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0153-3320
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1960-6028
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10.1163/1960602810X00070
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Comptes rendus The study under review is the first English-language overview of the Chinese lexicographic tradition. It covers a wide range of titles from the Zhou (1046 -256) to the Qing dynasty (1616-1919) and takes into account bilingual dictionaries from Tang to Qi-ng. The book is based on a four-period division (p. 10): (1) the pioneering and emerging period: 1046 BC-AD 220 (Western Zhou to Eastern Han), (2) the exploration and cultivation period: 220-1368 (Three Kingdoms to Yuan Dynasty), (3) the reform and shaping period: 1368-1991 (Ming to QTng), (4) the depression and booming period: 1911-present (XXth C.). The book is organised as follows: I. Introduction (pp. 3-12) II. The genesis and emergence of lexicographical culture and works in Ancient China (pp. 13-152) III. The exploration and cultivation of lexicography in China (pp. 153-255) IV. The reform and shaping of lexicography in China (pp. 257-364) V. Chinese bilingual lexicography: A brief overview (pp. 365-402) Cahiers de Linguistique-Asie Orientale 39(1): 81-94 (2010) (0 CRLAO-EHESS 54, Bd Raspail 75006 Paris 0 153-3320/2010/039-81 The book also includes three appendices, a bibliography (pp. 447- 451), a useful list of five websites, an index of Chinese names, and a preface by J.H. Prynne

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