page_title: Leipian
hierarchical_section_title: Leipian
caption_attribution_description: English: Contemporary painting of Sima Guang (司馬光) of the Song dynasty. Hand scroll, color on paper. Size 24.8 x 34.8 cm (height x width). Painting is located in the National Palace Museum, Taipei. (See: Page 102 of 故宮圖像選萃 (Gu gong tu xiang xuan cui) Masterpieces of Chinese Portrait Painting in the National Palace Museum. Taipei: National Palace Museum. 1971.)
context_page_description: The Leipian 類篇 is a Chinese dictionary compiled by Song dynasty lexicographers under the supervision of chancellor Sima Guang. It contains 31,319 character head entries, more than twice as many as the 12,158 in the Yupian, and included many new characters created during the Tang and Song dynasties. Leipian entries are arranged by a 544-radical system adapted from the 540 radicals of the classic Shuowen Jiezi.
context_section_description: The (1066) Leipian 類篇 is a Chinese dictionary compiled by Song dynasty (960-1279) lexicographers under the supervision of chancellor Sima Guang. It contains 31,319 character head entries, more than twice as many as the 12,158 in the (c. 543) Yupian, and included many new characters created during the Tang (618-907) and Song dynasties. Leipian entries are arranged by a 544-radical system adapted from the 540 radicals of the classic (121) Shuowen Jiezi.
caption: Song dynasty painting of Sima Guang
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