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Title:
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A Rhyming Study of the Zaju Written by Dramatists from Dadu
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Author:
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Xingfeng Deng
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Email:
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Homepage:
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http://www.arches.uga.edu/~xfdeng
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Degree Awarded:
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Nanjing University
, Chinese Language and Literature
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Degree Date:
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1994
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Linguistic Subfield(s):
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Historical Linguistics
Phonology
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Subject Language(s):
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Chinese, Mandarin
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Director(s):
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Guoyao Lu
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Abstract:
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What we know about the Chinese phonology of the Yuan Dynastry derives mostly, if not wholly, from Zhongyuan Yinyun (ZYYY), a rhyme dictionary of the early 14th century. The dictionary, however, is not without inaccuracies and ambiguities. In order to further study the Chinese phonology of the Yuan Dynasty, we must look beyond the dictionary itself. By giving an exhaustive analysis of the rhyming employed by dramatists from Dadu (present Beijing) during the Mongol and Yuan period, this dissertation aims to present a comprehensive and challenging treatment of the subject since the pioneering work of Liao Xunying.
The introduction discusses the importance of studying the rhyming of the Yuan Zaju (a kind of northern musical drama), the best methods for studying it, and the sources used in the research. In chapter two, the congruence between ZYYY and the rhyming of Dadu Zaju is examined.
The next three chapters demonstrate the differences between the rhyming of the Dadu Zaju and ZYYY. They contain discussions of cross rhymes (chapter three), characters collected simultaneously in two different rhymes in ZYYY (chapter four), and the different pronunciations of certain characters (chapter five) in the Dadu Zaju. Chapter six compares the rhyming of the Dadu Zaju with that of Zaju written by contemporary dramatists from other places. Chapter seven gives a brief summary of the dissertation while some issues on the subject are also discussed. Chapter eight lists all the rhyme characters and cross rhymes in the Dadu Zaju including all the sources from which they are taken.
This study shows that despite the many similarities between the rhyming of the Dadu Zaju and ZYYY, the differences between the two are far greater than current literature indicates. Thus, it seems unreasonable to maintain that ZYYY was codified based on the rhyming of Yuan Songs. For a better understanding of the ZYYY and the Chinese phonology of the Yuan Dynasty, we must focus on the rhyming study of Zaju written during the Mongol and Yuan periods.
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