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  • 15 - China from c. 1700

  • from Part III - The Modern World: Continuing Traditions
  • Edited by John Considine, University of Alberta
  • Book:
    The Cambridge World History of Lexicography
    Published online:
    01 September 2019
    Print publication:
    22 August 2019, pp 317-339

  • Summary

    Long before the seventeenth century, two major types of lexicographical macro-arrangement had evolved in China (see Chapters 3 and 6). One type was based on the graphical components of individual characters, regardless of the character reading. Another type was according to the reading of characters, regardless of graphical features. This complementary division into sound-based and shape-based arrangements was continued far into the twentieth century, and became obsolete only with the recent advent of digital lexicography.

    Despite the continuation of long-standing traditions after the seventeenth century, some major changes in Chinese lexicography can be identified for the period analysed in this chapter. First, beginning in the seventeenth century, monolingual Chinese dictionaries played an increasingly important role in the dissemination of linguistic standards. Secondly, beginning in the late sixteenth century, Chinese–Western contacts (for which see also Chapter 29) induced new lexicographic practices.