Xǔ Shèn zài 《 Shuōwén Jiězì 》 lǐ jiěshì le jiǔqiān duō ge hànzì.
In the Shuowen Jiezi, Xu Shen explained more than nine thousand Chinese characters.
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culture
His courtesy name was 叔重, and people of his day said 五经无双许叔重 "in the Five Classics no one equals Xu Shuzhong".
history
He finished the 《说文解字》 around 100, and his son presented it to the throne in 121. Ordering its characters under 540 部首 made it the first dictionary arranged by radicals.
