Kinh Thư
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) Kinh Thơ
Etymology
kinh + Thư, calque of Chinese 書經 (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