1. EryaThe Erya is the oldest surviving Chinese dictionary or Chinese encyclopedia known. Bernhard Karlgren concluded that "the major part of its glosses must reasonably date from" the 3rd century BC. Chinese scholars interpret the first title character er" (爾; "you, your; adverbial suffix") as a phonetic loan character for the homophonous er (邇; "near; close; approach"), and believe the second ya (雅; "proper; correct; refined; elegant") refers to words or language. According to W.
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