Description

Yun fu qun yu (Jades from the rhyme repository) is the earliest existing Chinese work on rhyme. It was compiled by Yin Shifu of the late Song and early Yuan dynasties and annotated by Yin Zhongfu. Yin Shifu (dates of his birth and death are unknown), also called Youyu or Shiyu, courtesy name Shifu, was a native of Fengxin, Jiangxi. This work has 20 juan and is divided into 119 sections. The entry for each word gives its pronunciation, meaning, and origin. The arrangement of the text is in the ...