An Analysis of the Special Rhyming Word"Lan"in the Sentence of"Du Ping Zhu Lan Si Shen"in Qing Ping Yue
The word"Lan"in the sentence of"Luo Dai Hui Jie Tong Xin,Du Ping Zhu Lan Si Shen"has different tones compared with the word in the same position of other Qing Ping Yue poems written by Wei Zhuang."Lan",a flat tone,is placed in the position of oblique tone in that sentence,which does not conform to the rhythm of poetry.So,why did the poet use such a word?The prosodic characteristics of theword"Lan"are onalyzed from five perspectives:metrical pattern,dialect,the rule of word and pronunciation,word music and phonology.