Chuxue ji

Chuxue ji (; "Notes to first learning") is a leishu (encyclopedic compendium) compiled by Xu Jian 徐坚 (659–727), Zhang Yue 张说, Wei Shu , and others.

This reference work, created for beginning students, consists of 30 juan and organizes its material into 23 main sections (bu 部) and 313 subcategories (zimu 子目), devoted “primarily to politics, but also to religion, zoology, astronomy, customs and usages, and other subjects.”

The bibliography of the Hanyu da zidian lists the 1962 edition published by the Zhonghua Book Company as the version used.

The style of the book bears some resemblance to that of the Yiwen leiju (Encyclopedia of Literary Collections), though it is not identical.

In the ', the annotated comprehensive catalogue of the Siku quanshu, it is said of the work:

Among the leishu (encyclopedias) of the Tang dynasty, it is not as rich (bo) as the Yiwen leiju, but it is superior in essence (jing); ' and Liutie fall far short in comparison. </blockquote>

It is regarded as one of the classical texts relevant to the Zhuangzi.

See also

• Leishu

References

Bibliography

• Chuxue ji 初學記. 30 juan. By Xu Jian 徐堅 et al. Beijing: Zhonghua shuju 中華書局, 1962
• Li Xueqin, Lü Wenyu 呂文郁 (eds.): Siku da cidian . (2 vols.) Changchun: Jilin daxue chubanshe 1996, p.&nbsp;2035ab
• Endymion Wilkinson: Chinese History: A Manual. 2000 (S. 601 ff.)
• Ssu-yü Teng und K. Biggerstaff: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Chinese Reference Works, third edition, Cambridge/Mass.: Harvard University Press 1971

External links

• Chuxue ji 初學記 – Chinese Text Project
• Chuxueji 初學記