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A Student's Dictionary Of Classical And Medieval Chinese Is The Long-desired Chinese - English Reference Work For All Those Reading Texts Dating From The Warring States Period Through The Tang Dynasty, And Beyond. Comprising 8,000+ Characters, Arranged Alphabetically By Pinyin, With An Index By Radical And Stroke- Count, And Various Appendices, Including One With Reign-eras And Exact Accession Dates Of Emperors According To Both Chinese And Western Calendars. A Student?s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese? is the long-desired Chinese-English reference work for all those reading texts dating from the Warring States period through the Tang dynasty. Comprising 8,000+ characters, arranged alphabetically by Pinyin. As a lexicon meant for practical use, it immensely facilitates reading and translating historical, literary, and religious texts dating from approximately 500 BCE to 1000 CE. Being primarily a dictionary of individual characters and the words they represent, it also includes an abundance of alliterative and echoic binomes as well as accurate identifications of hundreds of plants, animals, and assorted technical terms in various fields. It aims to become the English-language resource of choice for all those seeking assistance in reading texts dating from the Warring States period through the Tang dynasty "A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese facilitates reading and translating historical, literary, and religious texts dating from approximately 500 BCE to 1000 CE. As a lexicon meant for practical use, it also includes an abundance of alliterative and echoic binomes as well as accurate identifications of hundreds of plants, animals, and assorted technical terms in various fields. Comprising over 8,000 characters, an index by "radical" and stroke-number, and various appendices, this is the one reference work for both students and advanced scholars."-- Provided by publisher "A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese facilitates reading and translating historical, literary, and religious texts dating from approximately 500 BCE to 1000 CE. As a lexicon meant for practical use, it also includes an abundance of alliterative and echoic binomes as well as accurate identifications of hundreds of plants, animals, and assorted technical terms in various fields. Comprising over 8,000 characters, an index by "radical" and stroke-number, and various appendices, this is the one reference work for both students and advanced scholars." -- back cover Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Table of Contents 5 Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 9 Symbols and Abbreviations 15 Entries 17 Appendix 1 655 Appendix 2 656 Appendix 3 657 Appendix 4 658 Appendix 5 660 Index 671 Table of Kangxi radicals 730