The Phonological Relationships of Two Rhyme Section of"耕""元"from"Rotten Grass to Fireflies"
The phrase"the rotting grass becomes firefly"is found in Wang Bing's commentary on the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine Huangdi Neijing-Suwen,and it is recorded in other documents as"the rotting grass becomes reed,the rotting grass becomes firefly,"etc.The phonetic transference between the two parts of the 耕-元 system is sorted out by starting from the different texts of this phrase,and We also try to make supple-mentary proofs by combining the materials from the heirloom and excavated documents.
rotten grass to fireflies"耕""元"transferencephonetic relationship