COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
mediaCollectionId
Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
Bookreader Chinese 24
image_number
Bookreader Chinese 24
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Chinese Crawford 24
reference_number
Chinese Crawford 24
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
Qian zi wen
title_larger_entity
Qian zi wen
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
千字文
title_l_e_variant
千字文
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Translated Parent Work Title:
The Thousand Character Text
title_l_e_translation
The Thousand Character Text
Translated Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
1813
date_created
1813
Date Created
false
Publication Details:
Xia zhang 霞漳 [Fujian province?]
imprint
Xia zhang 霞漳 [Fujian province?]
Publication Details
false
Description:
A text for primary education, consists of one thousand unique characters grouped into 250 lines with four characters each. Said to have been composed in the 6th century CE, earliest extant copies date from the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE), but original author or authors unknown. Used in primary education throughout East Asia up to the twentieth century, memorized by pupils. This version includes a full rendering of the One Hundred Surnames. Possibly carved in 1813 - Jiaqing era 癸酉 cycle year is listed.
description
A text for primary education, consists of one thousand unique characters grouped into 250 lines with four characters each. Said to have been composed in the 6th century CE, earliest extant copies date from the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE), but original author or authors unknown. Used in primary education throughout East Asia up to the twentieth century, memorized by pupils. This version includes a full rendering of the One Hundred Surnames. Possibly carved in 1813 - Jiaqing era 癸酉 cycle year is listed.
Description
false
Language:
Chinese
language_name
Chinese
Language
false
Subject:
Education
subject
Education
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Printed
category
Printed
Category of Material
false
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
technique
Woodcut (process)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Item Height:
172 mm
item_height
172 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
94 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
former_repository
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2018-09-12
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-09
Educational Notes:
Chinese Educational Texts of the Late Qing Dynasty
educational_notes
Chinese Educational Texts of the Late Qing Dynasty
Educational Notes
false
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Academic Project Lead:
Gregory Scott
academic_project_lead
Gregory Scott
Academic Project Lead
false
Educational Notes:
Qing: China's multilingual empire exhibition
educational_notes
Qing: China's multilingual empire exhibition
Educational Notes
false
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
academic_project_lead
Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead
false
Collection Code:
Rylands
collection_code
Rylands
Collection Code
false