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Chinese
Etymology
So-called because of their relation with the 經書 (“canon; classic”): whereas the canons were like the warp (經) in the fabrics of classical literature, the 緯書 / 纬书 (wěishū) were purported to be based on them and complement them like the weft.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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書
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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shū
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ syo ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*s-ta/
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| English
|
write
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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緯
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書
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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12833
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17013
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Phonetic
component
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韋
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者
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Rime
group
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微
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
胃
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書
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Old
Chinese
|
/*ɢʷɯls/
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/*hlja/
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Noun
緯書
- (historical) Confucian esoteric literature (occult writings based on the body of Confucian classics)
世稱緯書，仲尼之作也，臣悅叔父故司空爽辨之，蓋發其偽也。
世称纬书，仲尼之作也，臣悦叔父故司空爽辨之，盖发其伪也。 - From: c. 2nd century, Xun Yue (荀悅), Shenjian (《申鑒》)
- Shì chēng wěishū, Zhòngní zhī zuò yě, chén Yuè shūfù gù sīkōng Shuǎng biànzhī, gài fā qí wěi yě.
- People believe that the occult literature were authored by Confucius. My uncle Shuang, the former sikong, has written critically about them in the hope that their falsehood may be laid bare.