| 释义 |
Wei|weɪ|
The name of a Chinese dynasty, esp. one of the partial dynasties ruling (in the north of China) from the mid-4th to the mid-6th cent. a.d. Also used attrib. and absol. to designate works of art, esp. sculpture and pottery, produced in the period.
1894G. N. Curzon Probl. Far East viii. 276 The Inner Wall is attributed to the Wei dynasty in A.D. 542. 1913R. Fry Let. 31 May (1972) II. 368 I've just seen a show in Paris full of the most amazing things; among them the finest Wei Dynasty statues from somewhere away in the west of China. 1952Watson-Gandy & Gordon tr. Grousset's Rise & Splendour Chinese Empire xv. 111 Their dynasty was called Wei (often referred to as T'o-pa Wei to distinguish it from the Three Kingdoms Wei). Ibid. 114 Wei sculpture has been called the Far Eastern equivalent of the Romanesque and Gothic sculptures which developed six and eight centuries later in Europe. 1960C. Winick Dict. Anthropol. 556/1 Wei,..unglazed pottery often decorated with pigment and tomb figures of the Wei dynasty in China, A.D. 368–557. 1982M. Young Elmhirsts of Dartington viii. 196 Ancient Chinese pots of the Han, Wei, Tang and Sung dynasties. |