wén
zhì

technical
noun

Meaning of 艺文志

艺文志 means bibliographic treatise; catalog of books recorded in dynastic histories; collection of poetry and prose in local gazetteers. Pronounced yì wén zhì.

  • bibliographic treatise; catalog of books recorded in dynastic histories
  • collection of poetry and prose in local gazetteers

Definitions & Examples

 
Hàn
Shū
 ·
Wén
Zhì
 
shì
Zhōng
Guó
xiàn
cún
zuì
zǎo
de
guó
jiā
shū
 
 

The 'Treatise on Bibliography' in the Book of Han is the earliest extant national catalog of books in China.

Zhèng
shǐ
zhōng
de
Wén
Zhì
huò
Jīng
Zhì
shì
yán
jiū
dài
diǎn
liú
chuán
de
zhòng
yào
shǐ
liào
 

The 'Yiwenzhi' or 'Jingjizhi' bibliographic sections in standard histories are important historical materials for studying the transmission of ancient classics.

Xué
zhě
tōng
guò
duì
shǐ
Wén
Zhì
kǎo
zhèng
de
cún
qíng
kuàng
 

Scholars can verify the survival or loss of ancient books by comparing the bibliographic treatises of various dynastic histories.

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