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刘歆

劉歆
LiúXīn
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Meanings

  1. 1 Liu Xin (c. 50 BCE - 23 CE)
  2. 2 Western/Xin dynasty scholar, astronomer, and bibliographer; son of Liu Xiang, who completed China's first systematic bibliography 七略 (Seven Epitomes)

Examples

刘歆是西汉末年著名的学者和天文学家。
Liú Xīn shì Xīhàn mònián zhùmíng de xuézhě hé tiānwénxuéjiā.
Liu Xin was a famous late Western Han scholar and astronomer.
他继承父亲刘向的工作,编成了《七略》。
Tā jìchéng fùqīn Liú Xiàng de gōngzuò, biānchéngle 'Qī Lüè'.
He continued his father Liu Xiang's work and compiled the Seven Epitomes.

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history
Liu Xin completed 七略 (Seven Epitomes), the first systematic catalogue of the imperial library — the direct ancestor of the bibliographic treatise in the Book of Han (汉书·艺文志). He also championed the Old Text (古文) school of classical scholarship and helped Wang Mang (王莽) establish the short-lived Xin dynasty, for which he was killed when a plot against Wang failed.
mistakes
The character 歆 (xīn, 'to enjoy the scent of offerings; to admire') is rare — don't misread it as 欣 (xīn, 'joy'). They share the phonetic but are different characters.

Stroke Order

刘 liú
歆 xīn