Kinh Thư

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(obsolete) Kinh Thơ

Etymology

kinh +‎ Thư, calque of Chinese 書經／书经 (Thư kinh), following the head-initial structure of Vietnamese, instead of head-final in the original language.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kïŋ˧˧ tʰɨ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ tʰɨ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ tʰɨ˧˧]

Proper noun

Kinh Thư • (經書)

(literature) the Classic of History (a collection of documents and speeches alleged to have been written by rulers and officials of the early Zhou Dynasty and before)
Synonym: Thượng Thư

Coordinate terms

The Five Classics

Kinh Thi (經詩): the Classic of Poetry
Kinh Thư (經書): the Classic of History
Kinh Lễ (經禮): the Book of Rites
Kinh Dịch (經易): the I Ching
Kinh Xuân Thu (經春秋): the Spring and Autumn Annals

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