Six Examples Textual Interpretation of the Folk Chinese Characters in Jiajing Guyuan Zhouzhi(《嘉靖固原州志》)
Jiajing Guyuan Zhouzhi(《嘉靖固原州志》)is an important document for studying the geography,humanities and economy of Guyuan in the Ming dynasty.Most of the linguistic studies on the book revolve around dialects and vocabulary,but not enough attention has been paid to the large number of folk Chinese characters in it.Through the textual research and interpretation of the six folk Chinese characters of"tan((棌))""zhuang((让))""si(禩)""wan((宛))""xiu((䀺))""ta((踏))"and so on.It found that"tan((棌))"is"tan(探)"folk Chinese characters,"zhuang((让))"is"zhuang(壮)"folk Chinese characters,"si(禩)"is"si(祀)"folk Chinese characters,"wan((宛))"is"wan(宛)"folk Chinese characters,"xiu((䀺))"is"xiu(脩)"folk Chinese characters,"ta((踏))"is"ta(踏)"folk Chinese characters.The analysis and interpretation of these folk Chinese characters is of positive significance to supplement the achievements of Chinese folk characters collation and the lost meanings of Hanyu Dazidian(《汉语大词典》),provide new research materials for homographs,discover and correct the errors in the collation,and deepen the understanding of the evolution law of Chinese characters.
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