Gaibing wuyin jiyun (), abbreviated as Wuyin jiyun (), is a Chinese rhyme dictionary (yunshu 韻书) compiled by Han Daozhao 韩道昭 in the 13th century during the Jin dynasty. It is originally a revised edition of Jing Pu's 荆璞 Wuyin jiyun, with the official title Gaibing wuyin jiyun (改併五音集韻).

Introduction According to the preface of the Zhiyuan gengyin chongkan Gaibing wuyin jiyun (《至元庚寅重刊改併五音集韻序》), the preface (xu) was written in the first year of the Chongqing era (崇慶) of Jin Emperor Weishao, on the day of the winter solstice of the year renshen = 1212 CE, approximately 40 years before the publication of Liu Yuan's 劉淵 Renzi xinkan Libu yunlüe 壬子新刊禮部韻略.ctext.org: 《至元庚寅重刊改併五音集韻序》: "崇慶元年歲次壬申長至日"

The work is primarily based on the Guangyun, but classifies 160 rhyme groups (yunbu 韵部), i.e., 46 fewer than the Guangyun with its 206 rhyme groups, but 53/54 more than the Renzi xinkan Libu yunlüe with its 107/106 rhyme groups.cf. chinaknowledge.de: Libu yunlüe 禮部韻略

For example, the character jian () is defined in the Wuyin jiyun as follows (in the translation by Judith T. Zeitlin): "When people die, they become ghosts, and when people see ghosts, they fear them. When ghosts die, they become jian, and when ghosts see jian, they are frightened. If one inscribes this character in seal script and fixes it above the doorway, then all baleful ghosts will keep their distance for a thousand li.Judith T. Zeitlin: Historian of the Strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale. 1993, p. 279, Note 22. – In the original (after Kangxi zidian): "人死作鬼，人见惧之。鬼死作聻，鬼见怕之。若篆书此字贴于门上，一切鬼祟远离千里。" - Chinese Text Project (Note: In the Kangxi zidian with an other reading)."

The Hanyu da zidian (HYDZD) refers to a woodblock edition from the Wanli era (1573–1620) of the Ming dynasty.HYDZD, bibliography no. 1258

See also Glossary on the Historical Phonology of Chinese (in German)

References

Bibliography Hanyu da zidian. 1993 (one-volume edition) A. v. Rosthorn: Studien zur chinesischen Lautgeschichte. Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Wien und Leipzig 1942

Further reading Yin Zhenglin 殷正林: “Han Daozhao 韩道昭: Wuyin jiyun 五音集韵”, in: Zhongguo yuyanxue yaoji jieti 中国语言学要籍解题. Qilu shushe 齐鲁书社, Jinan 1991, ISBN 7-5333-0210-9

External links 五音集韻 (Chinese Text Project)