Sima QianHan
Su Shi (Su Dongpo)Song
Fang XuanlingTang
Tuo TuoYuan
Liu XiangHan
Ban GuHan
Chen ShouJin
Zhang TingyuQing
Han YuTang
Li BaiTang
Fan YeNorthern and Southern
Li YuFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Zuo QiumingZhou
Liu XuFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Bai JuyiTang
Du FuTang
Tao YuanmingJin
Wei ZhengTang
Mencius (Mengzi)Zhou
Li QingzhaoSong
Cao CaoHan
Xin QijiSong
Sima XiangruHan
Liu ZongyuanTang
Literary Forms · LT900
Sayings
Living Chinese linguistic heritage comprising idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, and couplets.
1951works
9sub-forms
13dynasties
Mural guide
A rural path, travelers, and a small settlement beside the water bring everyday life into the landscape. The familiar scene reflects the lived speech and shared observations preserved in idioms, proverbs, and sayings.
Sub-forms
9 sub-forms
Idioms
Proverbs
Common Sayings
Two-Part Sayings
Aphorisms
Couplets
Rhymes & Jingles
Lantern Riddles
Drinking GamesSub-forms by dynasty
Where each sub-form's works fall across the fifteen dynasties; click an ink dot to open that sub-form at that dynasty.
| Idioms | 1231 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Common Sayings | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Aphorisms | 710 | |||||||||||||||
| Couplets | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Rhymes & Jingles | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 330 | 2 | 339 | 68 | 96 | 122 | 1 | 360 | 76 | 255 | 78 | 80 | 144 | 1951 |