Shiming - Contents

Contents

Chapter	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
01	釋天	Shi tian	Explaining Heaven
02	釋地	Shi di	Explaining Earth
03	釋山	Shi shan	Explaining Mountains
04	釋水	Shi shui	Explaining Rivers
05	釋丘	Shi qiu	Explaining Hills
06	釋道	Shi dao	Explaining Roads
07	釋州國	Shi zhouguo	Explaining Geography
08	釋形體	Shi xingti	Explaining Physical Bodies
09	釋姿容	Shi zirong	Explaining Appearances
10	釋長幼	Shi changyou	Explaining Age-group Terms
11	釋親屬	Shi xinshu	Explaining Kinship Terms
12	釋言語	Shi yanyu	Explaining Speech and Language
13	釋飲食	Shi yinshi	Explaining Foods and Drinks
14	釋綵帛	Shi caibo	Explaining Dyes and Silks
15	釋首飾	Shi shoushi	Explaining Hair Ornaments
16	釋衣服	Shi yifu	Explaining Clothing
17	釋宮室	Shi gongshi	Explaining Dwellings
18	釋床帳	Shi chuangzhang	Explaining Beds and Curtains
19	釋書契	Shi shuqi	Explaining Writing and Documents
20	釋典藝	Shi dianyi	Explaining Literature and Arts
21	釋用器	Shi yongqi	Explaining Utensils and Implements
22	釋樂器	Shi yueqi	Explaining Musical Instruments
23	釋兵	Shi bing	Explaining Weapons
24	釋車	Shi che	Explaining Wheeled Vehicles
25	釋船	Shi chuan	Explaining Boats
26	釋疾病	Shi jibing	Explaining Diseases and Illnesses
27	釋喪制	Shi sangzhi	Explaining Mourning Rites

From this table of contents, the Shiming clearly followed the Erya's organization into semantically arranged chapters and all their titles begin with the word shì ("explain; explaining").

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