Kinh Thi

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Vietnamese

In the book, Sơ học vấn tân 初學問津 (1888), Kinh Thi is written as 經詩 in the chữ Nôm gloss.

Etymology

kinh +‎ Thi, calque of Chinese 詩經 / 诗经 (Thi kinh), following the head-initial structure of Vietnamese, instead of head-final in the original language.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kinh Thi

  1. (literature) the Classic of Poetry (the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry)

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