Fengsu Tongyi

Fengsu Tongyi (風俗通義, pinyin: feng1su2 tong1yi4), or "Penetrating Customs", is a book written in about 195AD, by author Ying Shao, who lived during the later Eastern Han period. The manuscript is similar to an almanac, which describes various strange and exotic matters of interest to the literati of the period, such as cultural practices, mystical beliefs, and musical instruments.

Chapters

There were originally a total of 30 chapters but only 10 remain. These chapters were recompiled by Su Song (蘇頌) from the works of Yu Zhongrong (庾仲容) and Ma Zong (馬總). The some of the lost chapters exists as small fragments and mentions in other Chinese texts.

1. 皇霸 Huangba
2. 正失 Zhengshi
3. 愆禮 Yanli
4. 過譽 Guoyu
5. 十反 Shifan
6. 聲音 Shengyin
7. 窮通 Qiongtong
8. 祀典 Sidian
9. 怪神 Guaishen
10. 山澤 Shanze

Among the twenty lost chapters are 心政, 古制, 陰教, 辨惑, 析當, 恕度, 嘉號, 徽稱, 情遇, 姓氏, 諱篇, 釋忌, 輯事, 服妖, 喪祭, 宮室, 市井, 數紀, 新秦, and 獄法.

External links

• http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Science/fengsutongyi.html