본문 바로가기
  • Home

Patterns and Distribution of Variation in the Jiang and Dang Rhyme Groups ─ A Study Based on Xuanying Yinyi and Huilin Yinyi

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2026, (80), pp.71~92
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2026..80.003
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Received : April 10, 2026
  • Accepted : May 20, 2026
  • Published : May 31, 2026

PARKSUNGJUN 1

1고려대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study reexamines the patterns of correspondence among the Jiang rhyme(江韻) of the Jiang rhyme group(江攝) and the Tang(唐韻) and Yang(陽韻) rhymes of the Dang rhyme group(宕攝) based on fanqie data from Xuanying Yinyi(玄應音義) and Huilin Yinyi(慧琳音義). It further analyzes the existence of inter-rhyme variation and its distributional patterns. Previous studies have generally assumed that these three rhymes were maintained as independent categories, and cases of variation among them have rarely been discussed. However, this study identifies limited cases of exceptional cross-rhyme correspondences among the three rhymes. Such instances of variation are not confined to a specific tonal category, but tend overall to concentrate in entering-tone syllables. This tendency suggests a possible correlation with particular phonological environments. Nevertheless, rather than interpreting these phenomena as evidence of systematic sound change, a cautious approach is required, since the possibility of scribal variation or isolated exceptional cases arising during textual transmission must also be taken into consideration. Nevertheless, the repeated attestation of such limited variation in both texts merits attention. These phenomena may be understood as evidence that limited variation could emerge under specific phonological environments while the overall contrast among the three rhymes remained largely stable during the transition from Early Middle Chinese to Late Middle Chinese.

Citation status

* References for papers published after 2024 are currently being built.