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‖ li shu, n.|liː ʃuː|
Also 9 le(e) shoo.
[Chinese lìshū, f. lì government servant in charge of records + shū script, writing.]
An ancient Chinese calligraphic script developed during the Han dynasty (206 b.c.–a.d. 200) and widely adopted for official and educational purposes. Cf. *k'ai shu n.
1824Encycl. Brit. Suppl. III. 85/1 The first attempt at a regular system of classification of the characters..is stated to have been that of dividing them into nine classes, called the Lee-shoo. 1876Ibid. V. 655/2 The Le shoo or ‘official character’. 1910Ibid. VI. 220/2 The li shu is perfectly legible to one acquainted only with the modern character, from which indeed it differs but in minor details. 1958W. Willetts Chinese Art II. vii. 570 The ‘modern script’, in which the text of Shuo wên was originally written, was that properly known as li shu, or ‘Clerical Writing’. 1978New Archaeol. Finds in China II. 67 When the Chin rulers unified the script, they..adopted the li shu (clerical writing), which had been created by the masses, for ordinary use throughout the country. |