TY  - BOOK
AU  - Unknown
TI  - 爾雅
AV  - AC 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Chinese language -- To 600
KW  - Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Chinese
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erya; Release date is 2016-04-01; Produced by Jing Ting Huang; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "爾雅" by Unknown is the first surviving Chinese dictionary, with its major glosses likely dating from the 3rd century BC. This foundational work compiles diverse glosses from commentaries to pre-Qin texts, organizing over 4,000 words into nineteen thematic sections. From abstract concepts to concrete taxonomies of plants, animals, and family relationships, it became the authoritative lexicographic guide during the Han dynasty and was later elevated to one of the Thirteen Classics, establishing a tradition that influenced Chinese encyclopedias for centuries. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51620
ER  -