Description

Ji gu wen yun (Collected Chinese characters in ancient script in four-tone rhyme-order) is a fragmentary Song work. The original work was compiled by Xia Song (984‒1050), courtesy name Ziqiao, a native of De’an, Jiangzhou (in present-day Jiangsu), and a scholar of ancient Chinese script. Xia Song successfully passed the civil service examinations with recommendations from eminent officials and presided over by the emperor. He took a number of official posts, including one as military commissioner of Wuning District (in present-day Jiangsu). Xia Song was posthumously bestowed the ...