page_title: Shizhoupian
hierarchical_section_title: Shizhoupian
caption_attribution_description: English: Entry for the character 子 zǐ "child", from chapter 15 of the Shuowen Jiezi, an ancient Chinese character dictionary. This entry shows three pre-Han forms of the character: the small seal form (top right), "ancient script" form (top left) and Zhòuwén form (middle left). Qiu Xigui 裘锡圭 (2000). Chinese Writing. English translation of 文字學概論 by Gilbert L. Mattos and Jerry Norman. Early China Special Monograph Series No. 4. Berkeley: The Society for the Study of Early China and the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. ISBN 978-1-55729-071-7. page 73.
context_page_description: The Shizhoupian is the first known Chinese dictionary, and was written in the ancient Great Seal script. The work was traditionally dated to the reign of King Xuan of Zhou, but many modern scholars assign it to the State of Qin in the Warring States period. The text is no longer extant, and it is now known only through fragments.
context_section_description: The Shizhoupian (Chinese: 史籀篇; pinyin: Shǐzhòupiān) is the first known Chinese dictionary, and was written in the ancient Great Seal script.  The work was traditionally dated to the reign of King Xuan of Zhou (827–782 BCE), but many modern scholars assign it to the State of Qin in the Warring States period (c. 475–221 BCE).  The text is no longer extant, and it is now known only through fragments.
caption: The Shuowen Jiezi entry for zǐ (子 "child", showing the Small Seal Script (top right), ancient script (top left), and Zhòuwén Zhou Script (bottom left) forms.[1]
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