The ''Qiyin lüe'' () is a Chinese rime table, which dates to before 1161. This reference work survived to the present largely because the

Song dynasty The Song dynasty ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Fiv ...

historian Zheng Qiao (/; ''Cheng Ch'iao''; 1104–1162) included it in his 1161 encyclopedia '' Tongzhi''. The Chinese linguist

Luo Changpei Luo Changpei (; 9 August 1899 – 13 December 1958) was a Chinese linguist. He made important contributions to the study of historical Chinese phonology. He was also a pioneer of the modern studies of Chinese dialects and of non-Chinese language ...

wrote a definitive study (1935) of the ''Qiyin lüe''. The structure and contents of the work is closely related to the ''

Yunjing The ''Yunjing'' () is one of the two oldest existing examples of a Chinese rime table – a series of charts which arrange Chinese characters in large tables according to their tone and syllable structures to indicate their proper pronunciations. ...

'', and the two are believed to derive from a common source prior to the Song dynasty. Both have tables combining rows for a particular final rime, columns for various initials, and up to four tones.

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parts 34–36
an
37–38
of the ''Tongzhi'' encyclopedia at the

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– the ''Qiyin lüe'' comprises parts 36 and 37
Rhyme Tables
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