- Piya
The "Piya" (zh-cpw|c=埤雅|p="Píyǎ"|w="P'i-ya"; "Increased [Er] ya") was a
Chinese dictionary compiled bySong Dynasty scholar Lu Dian (陸佃/陆佃, 1042-1102 CE). He wrote this "Erya " supplement along with his "Erya Xinyi" (爾雅新義 "New Exegesis of the "Erya") commentary. Although the "Piya" preface written by his son Lu Zai (陸宰/陆宰) is dated 1125, the dictionary was written earlier; Liu (1963:87) estimates around the Yuanfeng era (元豐, 1078-1085).Lu Dian arranged the "Piya" into 8 semantically-based chapters that closely correspond with the last "Erya" chapters 13-19. The only exceptions are Chapter 5 ("Explaining Horses") that is contained in "Erya" 19 ("Explaining Domestic Animals") and Chapter 8 ("Explaining Heaven") that anomalously corresponds with the first part of the "Erya".
Chapter Chinese Pinyin Translation Erya Chapter1 釋魚 Shiyu Explaining Fishes 16 2 釋獸 Shishou Explaining Beasts 18 3 釋鳥 Shiniao Explaining Birds 17 4 釋蟲 Shichong Explaining Insects 15 5 釋馬 Shima Explaining Horses (19) 6 釋木 Shimu Explaining Trees 14 7 釋草 Shicao Explaining Plants 13 8 釋天 Shitian Explaining Heaven 8 The preface explains Lu's motives for defining flora and fauna terminology. Since Song officials changed the basis for the
Imperial examination from mastering poetry to "jingyi" (經義/经义 "expounding on a classical quotation"), literati no longer studied the lyrical names for plants and animals.ee also
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Xiao Erya
*Shiming
*Guangya References
*Liu Yeqiu 刘叶秋. 1963. "Zhongguo gudai de zidian" 中国古代的字典 [Dictionaries of Ancient China] . Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju. (in Chinese)
External links
* [http://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/information/rarebook/collection/pages/d21sh21.htm 1478 Korean woodblock edition "Piya"] , Chinese University of Hong Kong Rare Book Collection (in Chinese)
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