金匱

金匱

1. (literary, chiefly poetic) archives; library; especially confidential archives in a monarch's inner palace

   • 卒三歲，而遷爲太史令，紬史記石室金匱之書。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     卒三岁，而迁为太史令，绸史记石室金匮之书。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Zú sānsuì, ér Qiān wèi Tàishǐlìng, chōu shǐjì shíshì jīnguì zhī shū. [Pinyin]

     Three years after my father's death, I, Qian, was appointed to the office of the Taishi Ling, and I busied myself with compiling historical records from the books in the imperial archives.

2. (figurative, poetic) inner palace

   • 于時西楚霸王，劍及繁陽。鏖兵金匱，校戰玉堂。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     于时西楚霸王，剑及繁阳。鏖兵金匮，校战玉堂。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yu Xin, c. 578, The Lament for the South (《哀江南賦》)

     Yúshí Xīchǔ Bàwáng, jiànjí Fányáng. Áobīng jīnguì, jiàozhàn yùtáng. [Pinyin]

     Hence the martial strongman
     pointed his sword at Fanyang on the scroll.
     He waged the bloody war
     from the innermost of his palace hall.