CHANT (Chinese Ancient Texts)
Alternate Title
漢達文庫
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Institution
Institute of Chinese Studies (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
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Description
The CHANT (CHinese ANcient Texts) databases, compiled under the Institute of Chinese Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong since 1988, give full-text access (single words, phrases and sentence patterns) to all traditional texts from the Pre-Han period through the Six Dynasties (581 AD), covering over 30 million characters. Texts are divided into two databases: Pre-Han & Han (Xian Qin Liang Han), and Six Dynasties (Wei Jin Nanbeichao). During compilation, different versions of the same texts were carefully compared and modern punctuation was added. CHANT also includes databases of excavated wood/bamboo and silk scripts (the Zhu-jian-bo shu database), oracular inscriptions (the Jiaguwen database), and bronze inscriptions (Jinwen), as well as a database of extant Chinese encyclopedias (Leishu). To enter, click first on 'dengru wenku', and then on 'jigou yonghu dengru' (IP user only; no password is necessary for institutional IP access). Navigation until entering each database is slow; searching is faster. To use the databases fully, download and install the specialized fonts from the download page after logging in.
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Princeton China Studies Research Guide
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