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Phonological Changes in Zhi·Zhi·Zheng Rime Groups[之·職·蒸部] from the Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty as reflected in poetry

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2023, (69), pp.29-66
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2023..69.002
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Received : July 10, 2023
  • Accepted : August 20, 2023
  • Published : August 31, 2023

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ABSTRACT

This study is desinged to investigate the phonological changes in the Zhi·Zhi·Zheng rime groups [之·職·蒸部] as reflected in poetry from the Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty. This study employs Zheng-Zhang's Old Chinese(O.C.) and Middle Chinese(M.C.) phonological systems. In Old Chinese, characters such as "來, 灰, 戒, 詩, 謀 and 龜" were classified under the same rime Zhi [之部], but in Middle Chinese, they were assigned to different rimes Hai, Hui, Jie, Zhi, You and Zhi(咍, 灰, 皆, 之, 尤, 脂B韻] respectively. This discrepancy in rime classification is due to the vowel changes. Zhi·Zhi·Zheng rime groups [之·職·蒸部] shared the same primary vowel *ɯ in OC, accompanied by *-ø, *-ɡ, and *-ŋ endings, respectively. This study refers to this relationship as a "correspondence relationship." Based on the author's previous studies, this correspondences ceased to exist during the Han Dynasty. The disappearance is attributed to variations in the nature of the endings. The other objective of this study is to determine exactly when this sort of correspondences disappeared.

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