Qilüe

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The Qilüe ( Chinese  七 略 , Pinyin Qīlüè , W.-G. Ch'i-lüeh  - "Seven Overviews / Seven Overviews") from the year 6 BC. Is the first known bibliography of Chinese works by Liu Xin ( 劉歆  /  刘歆 , Liu Hsin ) († 23 AD) from the time of the Western Han Dynasty , which is essentially still in the literature catalog of Hanshu (j. 30), the basis of which was this description of the imperial library.

literature

  • Michael Loewe (ed.): Early Chinese texts: a bibliographical guide. Berkeley 1993