A Study on the Zisi Rhyme(甾思韻)in Suihan Yinyi(随函音义)of Qishazang砂藏)
Suihan Yinyi(随函音义)of Qishazang(碛砂藏)was created in the early Song Dynas-ty.In this book,except for a few special cases,more than 90%of the Qiexiazi(切下字)were im-proved,which were to spell the finals of the characters with initials in the Jing(精)or Zhuang(庄)group and Zhishe(止摄)opening-mouth vowels.Further more,these characters were completely not used as Qiexiazi to spell the other characters,which reflects that the Zisi rhyme(甾思韵)had e-merged independently.The nature of the Zisi rhyme is an apical vowel,including two conditional va-riants and respectively following the initials in the Jing and Zhuang group.The Zisi rhyme further de-veloped into the Zi(赀)rhyme of Yunhui(韵会),and its evolution path was different from the Zhisi rhyme(支思韵)of Zhongyuan Yinyun(中原音韵).
Qishazang"suihan yinyi"early Song dynasty"zisiyun"apical vowel