Kinh Dịch

Vietnamese

In the book, Sơ học vấn tân 初學問津 (1888), Kinh Dịch is written as 經易 in the chữ Nôm gloss.

Alternative forms

• (Southern Vietnam, obsolete) Kinh Diệc

Etymology

kinh +‎ Dịch, calque of Chinese 易經／易经 (Dịch kinh), following the head-initial structure of Vietnamese, instead of head-final in the original language.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kïŋ˧˧ zïk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ jɨt̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ jɨt̚˨˩˨]

Proper noun

Kinh Dịch • (經易)

1. (literature) I Ching

Coordinate terms

The Five Classics

• Kinh Thi (經詩): the Classic of Poetry
• Kinh Thư (經書): the Classic of History
• Kinh Lễ (經禮): the Book of Rites
• Kinh Dịch (經易): the I Ching
• Kinh Xuân Thu (經春秋): the Spring and Autumn Annals