训诂

訓詁
xùngǔ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 exegesis (of classical texts)
  2. 2 traditional Chinese philology

Examples

HSK 5
Bù dǒng xùngǔ, jiù hěn nán dúdǒng Xiān-Qín de gǔshū.
Without exegesis, it's hard to make sense of pre-Qin texts.
HSK 6
Qīngdài xuézhě zài xùngǔ hé kǎojù fāngmiàn chéngjiù hěn dà.
Qing scholars achieved a great deal in exegesis and textual research.

Tips

history
The oldest work of 训诂 is the 尔雅, a glossary of the words used in the classics. Han scholars such as 郑玄 wrote glosses on most of the classics, and Qing scholars revived the discipline. As a university subject it is 训诂学.

Stroke Order

训 xùn
诂 gǔ