Project Gutenberg 2008-11-19 Public domain in the USA. 246 Yang, Xiong -53 18 揚雄 方言 Fang Yan Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fangyan_(book) Produced by Jane Wu "方言" by Xiong Yang is a linguistic treatise written in the early Chinese era. The work serves as an extensive exploration of regional dialects within the Chinese language, highlighting the variations and meanings of terms across different Chinese regions. The content is likely to appeal to linguists, historians, and anyone interested in the evolution of language in Chinese culture. The opening of "方言" presents a collection of dialectal expressions, defining and comparing words that describe various concepts in different regions, such as love, pain, and beauty. Each term is presented with its phonetic transcription, variations in other dialects, and the associated meanings. This systematic approach offers readers a glimpse into the rich diversity and complexity of the Chinese language, underscoring the significance of dialects in understanding cultural and regional identities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese language -- Dialects AC Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Language & Communication Category: Language & Communication 135393 2025-06-11T09:08:46.667387 text/html 135214 2025-01-11T12:05:27.805326 text/html 93384 2025-06-11T09:08:51.489372 application/epub+zip 93595 2025-06-11T09:08:48.561395 application/epub+zip 93595 2025-06-11T09:08:47.405367 application/epub+zip 172486 2025-06-11T09:08:53.463380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165299 2025-06-11T09:08:50.851350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 147476 2022-09-12T13:48:18.052358 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110930 2025-06-11T09:08:46.370380 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110810 2021-01-04T09:51:37 text/plain; charset=utf-8 41496 2021-01-04T09:51:37 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 16881 2025-06-11T09:08:53.602388 application/rdf+xml 6908 2025-06-11T09:08:48.015387 image/jpeg 2147 2025-06-11T09:08:47.682349 image/jpeg 91246 2025-06-11T09:08:46.678373 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog zh.wikipedia