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Che Wanyu

Early Qing official and scholar whose Primer on Tones and Rhymes became a classic textbook for training parallel couplets.

Also known as Shuangting · Hetian

Che Wanyu, courtesy name Shuangting, from Shaoyang in Hunan, passed the jinshi examination in 1664 and rose to Supervising Secretary of the Office of Scrutiny for War, known for outspoken memorials. A skilled calligrapher, he returned home in later life to teach and write. His Primer on Tones and Rhymes, arranged by rhyme group with couplets such as 'cloud matches rain, snow matches wind', became a widely used children's textbook.

Life and times

  1. 1632 CEBornMingQing
  2. 1705 CEDied

Works

  1. Literature · Sayings32
    1. Primer of Sound and RhythmQingEarly Qing primer by Che Wanyu drilling children in tonal parallel couplets, rhyme by rhyme
    2. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 1: Dong (East)Qing
    3. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 2: Dong (Winter)Qing
    4. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 3: Jiang (River)Qing
    5. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 4: Zhi (Branch)Qing
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      1. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 5: Wei (Faint)Qing
      2. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 6: Yu (Fish)Qing
      3. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 7: YuQing
      4. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 8: Qi (Even)Qing
      5. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 9: Jia (Fine)Qing
      6. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 10: Hui (Ash)Qing
      7. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 11: Zhen (True)Qing
      8. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 12: Wen (Pattern)Qing
      9. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 13: Yuan (Origin)Qing
      10. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 14: Han (Cold)Qing
      11. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 15: Shan (Excise)Qing
      12. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 1: Xian (First)Qing
      13. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 2: Xiao (Rustle)Qing
      14. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 3: Yao (Viands)Qing
      15. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 4: Hao (Hero)Qing
      16. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 5: Ge (Songs)Qing
      17. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 6: Ma (Hemp)Qing
      18. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 7: Yang (Sunlight)Qing
      19. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 8: Geng (Age)Qing
      20. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 9: Qing (Green)Qing
      21. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 10: Zheng (Steam)Qing
      22. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 11: You (Especially)Qing
      23. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 12: Qin (Invade)Qing
      24. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 13: Tan (Deep)Qing
      25. Primer of Sound and Rhythm: Rhyme 14: Yan (Salt)Qing
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