 Jingdian Shiwen

Jingdian Shiwen (), often abbreviated as "Shiwen" in Chinese philological literature, was a c. 583 exegetical dictionary or glossary, edited by the Tang dynasty classical scholar Lu Deming.Based on the works of 230 scholars during the Han, Wei, and Six Dynasties periods, this Chinese dictionary analyzes the pronunciations (given in historically invaluable "fanqie" annotations) and meanings of terms in the Confucian Thirteen Classics and the Daoist "Daodejing" and "Zhuang Zi" (Mair 1998