The total number of words in all 8 volumes is about 24 million words, the total number of entries is nearly 130,000, the number of new entries is about 10,000, and more than 75% of the original entries have been revised and updated... Wen Wei Po reporter learned from the Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House that the color picture book of "Ci Hai" (seventh edition) is expected to be released in September this year to celebrate the 70th anniversary of New China. Among them, a number of hot words reflecting the achievements since the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Dream, 5G, and big data have been selected for the first time.
Among the new entries, there are both "5G" and "Internet of Things", which reflect the achievements of frontier exploration of science and technology, as well as Chinese and foreign writers and scholars such as "Jin Yong", "Jao Zongyi", "Chen Zhongzhong" and "García Márquez". The new version of Cihai has also made many updates in terms of interpretation, such as the "Constitution of the People's Republic of China", which adds relevant information to the Amendment to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China adopted in March 2018; the "International System of Units" and "seconds" and "meters" and other 7 units have updated the relevant interpretations according to the new definitions that came into effect on May 20, 2019, and all of them have been changed to be defined by physical constants.
Hot words such as 5G, Internet of Things, and big data were selected to reflect the progress of the times
Cihai is the only large-scale comprehensive dictionary in China that integrates the main functions of dictionaries, language dictionaries and encyclopedia dictionaries with words and words, and is accompanied by generations of Chinese memories. It was first compiled in 1915 by the initiative of the famous modern educator and publisher Lu Feikui, the first edition was born in 1936, since the third edition in 1979, forming a stable ten-year revision law, to 2009 the sixth edition, the cumulative circulation of 6 million copies, the number of sub-volumes reached 20 million, setting a record for The largest circulation of large-scale reference books in China.
As a major national cultural construction project in the new era, the 2019 Cihai (Seventh Edition) undertakes the mission of recording the new era and writing the new era, profoundly reflecting the great historical changes of the times, and collecting and displaying the brilliant achievements made by the party and the country in the 70 years since the founding of New China, especially since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Party.
The new edition of Cihai adds political, economic, scientific and technological, literary and artistic terms, including hot words of public concern, such as the latest communication technology "5G", "Internet of Things" and "big data" commonly used in daily life, "unmanned vehicle" and "quantum communication" that represent future development technologies. A number of entries have been added to the financial section, such as "hedge funds", "quantitative easing" and "third-party payments".
Among the new important figures in Chinese literature, famous artists such as Jin Yong, Rao Zongyi, Yu Guangzhong, and Chen Zhongzhong, who have died in recent years, are also among them. Foreign literature complements important writers who have passed away in recent years, such as García Márquez and Doris Lessing. In addition, writers who are limited to the style and are not included are also supplemented by his influential representative works, such as Naipaul's "The Mystery of Arrival" and Kazuo Ishiguro's "Buried Giant".
The seventh edition of Cihai added more than 18,000 new color maps, updated many photographs, redrawn the map, and retained the hand-drawn illustrations that survived from the previous editions. Zeng Yanxiu, former editor-in-chief of the People's Publishing House, believes that the exquisiteness of these hand-drawn illustrations in the past editions is "probably an unprecedented masterpiece in the history of Chinese publishing."
The seventh edition of "Cihai" will simultaneously launch the online version and the paper version, and hold hands with the Internet, with PC version, APP version and WeChat version, to meet the reader's different scenes and convenient use. When the paper version is published, it will be accompanied by a two-dimensional code, a book and a code, scan the two-dimensional code, register as a member, log in to the online version of "Cihai", realize query anytime and anywhere, and enjoy value-added services such as audio and video, 3D models, and knowledge graphs.
What is the difference between "稷", "黍" and "穄"? The words are not ambiguous
"Ci Hai" has a very authoritative and relatively stable compilation team, from Shu Xincheng, Chen Wangdao, Zhao Puchu to Chen Zhili, Gan Fuxi, Cao Jianming, etc. are all first-class experts and scholars in the country. This team passed on the torch, inherited the past and the future, and ensured the authority, accuracy and long-lasting brand influence of "Ci Hai".
Generation after generation of "Cihai people" have been painstakingly sharpened, carefully selected words and sentences, and forged with the ingenuity of seeking truth from facts and excellence to create excellent products. Each entry enters a strict working procedure from the stage of word acceptance, including dozens of processes such as word acceptance discussion, trial writing of splines, argumentation and finalization, author writing, editor-in-chief review, third review of final draft, special inspection, and full reading. The entries in "Ci Hai" are just over 100 words, and they are the most reliable and reliable "hard-core dry goods" provided by experts in various fields with a rigorous and realistic attitude.
For example, the "Huang Tianpeng" article, whose birth history has 1904, 1905, 1908 and other statements, the editor-in-chief of the journalism department of this edition, Professor Huang Hu of Fudan University, paid a special visit to Huang Tianpeng's family in Taiwan, obtained first-hand information, and drew the final conclusion that Huang Tianpeng was born in 1909, solving the long-outstanding problems in the field of journalism and history.
During the revision of the seventh edition of cihai, some people questioned what "稷" was. In order to figure out this problem, and how "稷" is different from "黍" and "穄", Professor Wang Jiru, who is over seventy years old and the editor-in-chief of the sub-section of the "Cihai" language section, not only consults various books, but also goes to Taobao to communicate carefully with sellers in Inner Mongolia, Shandong and other places when writing the interpretation of the "Ji" article.
Wang Jiru bought millet, rhubarb rice, millet, etc., and cooked them for comparison. Combined with the information consulted, he concluded that millet is called millet, rhubarb rice is called millet, and millet is called 穄, which is still the same name in Inner Mongolia today. It's just that people sometimes write "穄" as a homophonous "稷". "And these two words are different, but now they are mixed." In order to explain more clearly, Wang Jiru also made a comparison chart of the three grains and their plants of millet (millet), millet (rhubarb rice), and millet (millet).
Author: Xu Yang
Editor: Xu Yang