| 现存 | xiàn cún | extant / existent / in stock |   |
| 留存 | liú cún | to keep / to preserve / extant / to remain (from the past) | |
| 存留 | cún liú | remaining / extant | |
| 尔雅 | Er3 yǎ | "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts | |
| 硕果仅存 | shuò guǒ jǐn cún | only remaining of the great (idiom) / one of the few greats extant | |
| 广雅 | Guǎng yǎ | earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], 18150 entries | |
| 赵州桥 | Zhào zhōu Qiáo | Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty 隋代[Sui2 dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch bridge | |
| 书经 | Shū jīng | the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書|书[Shu1] | |
| 三国史记 | Sān guó shǐ jì | History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼[Jin1 Fu4 shi4] in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2], Baekje 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4], Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2]. | |
| 吴越春秋 | Wú Yuè chūn qiū | History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔[Zhao4 Ye4], 10 extant scrolls | |
| 尚书经 | Shàng shū Jīng | Book of History / a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius | |
| 张揖 | Zhāng Yī | Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works | |
| 书迹 | shū jì | extant work of a calligrapher | |
| 残本 | cán běn | extant fragment (of book) | |
