k-mktr/chinese_union_simplified_zh

Chinese Union Version Simplified (和合本)

Description

The Chinese Union Version Simplified (CUV Simplified, 和合本简体) is the Simplified Chinese edition of the most widely used Chinese Bible translation. First published in 1919, the CUV was prepared by a team of Western missionaries and Chinese scholars over 28 years, translated from the original Hebrew and Greek. This Simplified Chinese edition uses the standardized simplified characters adopted in mainland China, making it accessible to modern Chinese readers. It includes the Protestant canon (66 books).

Dataset Structure

Each row represents one Bible verse.

Column	Type	Description
translation_id	string	Translation identifier
translation	string	Full translation name
language	string	Language code
book_number	int32	Book number (1-66)
book	string	Book name
book_abbr	string	Book abbreviation
chapter	int32	Chapter number
verse	string	Verse number (may include suffixes like 13a)
verse_number	int32	Numeric part of verse
verse_suffix	string	Verse suffix (e.g. a, b) or null
verse_id	string	Unique verse identifier ({book_abbr}_{chapter}_{verse})
text	string	Verse text

Statistics

• Books: 66
• Verses: 31103
• Language: Chinese Simplified
• Format: Parquet (ZSTD compressed)
• File size: 2.02 MB

Usage

from datasets import load_dataset

dataset = load_dataset("k-mktr/chinese_union_simplified_zh", split="train")
print(dataset[0])
# {'translation_id': 'chinese_union_simplified_zh', 'book': '...', 'chapter': 1, 'verse': '1', 'text': '...'}

License

Public domain (1919 edition, copyright expired).