Cheng Yu Kao (成语考) by Hong Kong Yong Jing Shu Ju (香港永经堂书局)

Title
Cheng Yu Kao (成语考) by Hong Kong Yong Jing Shu Ju (香港永经堂书局)
Year/Period
Late Qing - early Republican period
Region
Hong Kong and Singapore
Object Type
Dimension
Object size: 23.6 x 13.0 x 0.8 cm
Accession No.
2021-00335

Originating from the Ming dynasty, this book contains the explanations and stories behind Chinese four-character idioms. The cover states that this is a textbook for the study of Chinese classical text. Such books were commonly imported from China and used in local Chinese schools.