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The ''Qiyin lüe'' () is a
Chinese
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rime table A rime table or rhyme table () is a Chinese phonological model, tabulating the syllables of the series of rime dictionaries beginning with the ''Qieyun'' (601) by their onsets, rhyme groups, tones and other properties. The method gave a significa ...
, which dates to before 1161. This reference work survived to the present largely because the
Song dynasty
The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...
historian Zheng Qiao (/; ''Cheng Ch'iao''; 1104–1162) included it in his 1161 encyclopedia ''
Tongzhi''.
The Chinese linguist
Luo Changpei
Luo Changpei (; 9 August 1899 – 13 December 1958) was a Chinese linguist. He made important contributions to the study of historical Chinese phonology. He was also a pioneer of the modern studies of Chinese dialects and of non-Chinese languages ...
wrote a definitive study (1935) of the ''Qiyin lüe''.
The structure and contents of the work is closely related to the ''
Yunjing
The ''Yunjing'' () is one of the two oldest existing examples of a Chinese rhyme table – a series of charts which arrange Chinese characters in large tables according to their tone and syllable structures to indicate their proper pronunciations. ...
'', and the two are believed to derive from a common source prior to the Song dynasty.
Both have tables combining rows for a particular final rime, columns for various initials, and up to four
tones.
See also
*
Rime dictionary
A rime dictionary, rhyme dictionary, or rime book () is an ancient type of Chinese dictionary that collates Chinese character, characters by tone (linguistics), tone and rhyme, instead of by radical (Chinese character), radical. The most import ...
References
External links
parts 34–36an
37–38of the ''Tongzhi'' encyclopedia at the
Internet Archive
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– the ''Qiyin lüe'' comprises parts 36 and 37
Rhyme Tables Dylan W.H. Sung
Chinese dictionaries
Song dynasty literature
Middle Chinese
Traditional Chinese phonology
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