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The ''Guangyun'' (''Kuang-yun''; ) is a Chinese rhyme dictionary that was compiled from 1007 to 1008 under the patronage of Emperor Zhenzong of Song. Its full name was ''Dà Sòng chóngxiū guǎngyùn'' (, literally "Great Song revised and expanded rhymes"). Chen Pengnian (, 961–1017) and Qiu Yong () were the chief editors.
The dictionary is a revision and expansion of the influential '' Qieyun'' rhyme dictionary of 601, and was itself later revised as the '' Jiyun''. '' Pingshui Yun'' system, the standard for poetry rhyming after the Song Dynasty, is also based on ''Guangyun''. Until the discovery of an almost complete early 8th century edition of the ''Qieyun'' in 1947, the ''Guangyun'' was the most accurate available account of the ''Qieyun'' phonology, and was heavily used in early work on the reconstruction of
A comprehensive parallel presentation of various Qieyun fragments and editions, by Zuzuki Shingo 鈴木 慎吾, including the Kanmiu Buque Qieyun
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''GuangYun'' Initials and Rhymes
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韻典網 (Rhyme Dictionary Website) {{Authority control Chinese dictionaries Song dynasty literature Middle Chinese Traditional Chinese phonology 11th-century Chinese books
The ''Guangyun'' (''Kuang-yun''; ) is a Chinese rhyme dictionary that was compiled from 1007 to 1008 under the patronage of Emperor Zhenzong of Song. Its full name was ''Dà Sòng chóngxiū guǎngyùn'' (, literally "Great Song revised and expanded rhymes"). Chen Pengnian (, 961–1017) and Qiu Yong () were the chief editors.
The dictionary is a revision and expansion of the influential '' Qieyun'' rhyme dictionary of 601, and was itself later revised as the '' Jiyun''. '' Pingshui Yun'' system, the standard for poetry rhyming after the Song Dynasty, is also based on ''Guangyun''. Until the discovery of an almost complete early 8th century edition of the ''Qieyun'' in 1947, the ''Guangyun'' was the most accurate available account of the ''Qieyun'' phonology, and was heavily used in early work on the reconstruction of Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese language, Chinese recorded in the ''Qieyun'', a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expande ...
. It is still used as a major source.
The ''Guangyun'' has a similar hierarchical organization to the ''Qieyun'':
* The dictionary is split into four tones in five volumes, two for the Middle Chinese level tone () and one each for the three oblique tones, rising (), departing () and entering ().
* Each tone is split into rhymes, with a total of 206 final rhymes, increased from 193 in the ''Qieyun''.
* Each rhyme is divided into groups of homophonous characters, with the pronunciation of each group given by a fanqie formula.
The dictionary has a total of 26,194 character entries, each containing a brief explanation of the character's meaning.
The Unihan database incorporates the "SBGY" (''Songben Guangyun''; "Song edition ''Guangyun''") dataset with 25,334 head-entries for 19,583 characters.
Table of Consonants
References
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* *External links
A comprehensive parallel presentation of various Qieyun fragments and editions, by Zuzuki Shingo 鈴木 慎吾, including the Kanmiu Buque Qieyun
Guangyun''
wit
dictionary lookup
– Chinese Text Project
''GuangYun'' Initials and Rhymes
Dylan W.H. Sung
韻典網 (Rhyme Dictionary Website) {{Authority control Chinese dictionaries Song dynasty literature Middle Chinese Traditional Chinese phonology 11th-century Chinese books