Yiwen Leiju | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 藝文類聚 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 艺文类聚 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Collection of Literature Arranged by Categories | ||||||
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The Yiwen Leiju, or translated as Encyclopedia of Literary Collections,[1] is a Chinese leishu encyclopedia completed by Ouyang Xun in 624 under the Tang dynasty. Other contributors include Linghu Defen and Chen Shuda.
Yiwen Leiju is divided into 47 sections and many subsections, covering a vast number of subjects and including many quotations from older works, which are well cited.[2]