册府元龟
Traditional form:
冊府元龜
Pinyin (reading):
Cèfǔyuánguī
Definitions:
- Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若/王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億/杨亿, 1000 scrolls
Characters:
- 册 - book, volume, register, list
- 府 - prefect; prefecture, government
- 元 - first; dollar; origin; head
- 龟 - turtle, tortoise; cuckold
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