Shakumyou (English name) Shi-ming

Japanese: 釈名 - しゃくみょう（英語表記）Shi-ming

A Chinese dictionary written by Liu Xi in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It explains the origin of words using homophonic words. It is divided into 27 parts according to content, starting with Shakuten, Shakuchi, and Shakusan, and ending with Shakubyō and Shakusōsei, in the same format as the Erya, but it is unique in that it adds explanations from the perspective of "seikun," which holds that words with similar sounds are also related in meaning. Although some of the theories are inevitable and far-fetched, it is an important source of explanations of word origins, and contains many valuable descriptions of the phonology and vocabulary of ancient Chinese, as well as utensils and furnishings whose actual nature is unknown today. Wang Xianqian's Shakumyoshusho of the Qing Dynasty is considered an excellent research book.

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Japanese:

中国の字書。後漢末の劉煕 (りゅうき) の著。同音の言葉によって語源を説明したもの。その内容によって釈天，釈地，釈山に始り，釈疾病，釈喪制に終る 27編に分類する体裁は『爾雅 (じが) 』と同じであるが，音声の近い語は意味にも関連があるとする「声訓」の立場から解説を加えている点に特色がある。こじつけにすぎない説もあるのはやむをえないが，語源の解説として重要な資料であり，上古漢語の音韻や語彙，また今日では実体のわからない器物，調度について貴重な記載が少くない。清の王先謙の『釈名疏証』がすぐれた研究書とされる。

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