Kinh Thư
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Vietnamese
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Alternative forms
[edit]- (obsolete) Kinh Thơ
Etymology
[edit]kinh + Thư, calque of Chinese 書經/书经 (Thư kinh), following the head-initial structure of Vietnamese, instead of head-final in the original language.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- (literature) the Classic of History (a collection of documents and speeches alleged to have been written by rulers and officials of the early Zhou Dynasty and before)
- Synonym: Thượng Thư