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Commentary on the Water Classic

ancient literary criticism and annotation of the Water Classic, a work concerning the geography of ancient China
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Commentary on the Water Classic
My photo of map by Sang Qin (桑欽) (third century AD), revised by Li Daoyuan (郦道元) (d. 527 AD) or Guo Pu (郭璞) (d. 324 AD) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Commentary on the Water Classic

Summary

Commentary on the Water Classic is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Commentary on the Water Classic authored Li Daoyuan[3].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's image is recorded as Weishui.png[4].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's editor is recorded as Li Daoyuan[6].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's genre is recorded as commentary[7].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's based on is recorded as Water Classic[8].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's Commons category is recorded as Commentary on the Water Classic[9].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's language of work or name is recorded as Classical Chinese[10].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's country of origin is recorded as Northern Wei[11].
  • +0515-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Commentary on the Water Classic[12].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cy3wx[13].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's has edition or translation is recorded as Commentary on the Water Classic (Siku Quanshu edition)[14].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's has edition or translation is recorded as Commentary on the Water Classic (Sibu Congkan edition)[15].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Shuijingzhu[16].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's title is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '水經註'}[17].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's ctext work ID is recorded as ctp:work:shui-jing-zhu[18].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's Lex ID is recorded as Shui_Jing_Zhu[20].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 231081[21].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 639227[22].
  • Commentary on the Water Classic's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 416566[23].

Body

Works and Contributions

Commentary on the Water Classic authored Li Daoyuan[3].

Why It Matters

Commentary on the Water Classic ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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