Yì lín 意林

Forest of Meanings

by 馬總 (Mǎ Zǒng, d. 823) — mid-Táng scholar-official

A mid-Táng leishu-style anthology of extracts from non-canonical philosophical works — a significant source for otherwise-lost Warring-States and Hàn writings. Catalogued here under KR5g but not preserved in the Dào zàng proper; the Kanseki catalog places the work in this division for classificatory reasons.