| The Eastern Min Dialects including the north part and the south part are one offset of the Chinese Dialects. It is of great importance to study its evaluation in the Chinese historical dialectology. The north part of the Eastern Min Dialects refers to Jiaocheng, Fu'an, Xiapu, Shouning, Zherong and Zhouning. By using the methods of the synchrony and disharmony, this thesis attempts to do shed light on how the dialects evaluated and to analysis various historical stratifications, which existed on the same level, furthermore to determine their historic significance in the field on the Chinese phonology. This article focuses on how the initials, the finals and the tones of the north part of the Eastern Min Dialects evaluated. Firstly, the initials are discussed: whether the voiced consonants devoiced are aspirated or not, is related to the place and the manner of the modern finals. There were no labial sounds and up-tongue sounds. Ri( 日),Niang(娘) groups incorporated into Ni(泥),Yu(喻) group incorporated into Xia(匣) group. Duan(端) group uttered[k],Xin(心) uttered [x],Chan(禅) uttered [s].Xia(匣) uttered [s].Phonological mutation had influence on the sound of the individual character. Secondly, the finals are discussed as followed: organizational overlapping of Guo(果) and Geng(梗) groups are analysis. Xou(喉) and You(尤) rhyme categories did not differentiate. Zhi(脂),Zhi(支) and zhi(之) rhyme categories could be distinguished. Zhi(支) and Wei(微) transformed into Yu(鱼) group. That terminal sounds of the plosives disappeared is related to the tones. Lastly, as for the tones, some part of risings are uttered level and falling tones. Written and vernacular pronunciation, the sense and the frequency of the word had influence on the tones. Category of tone lumps together mainly because the tone pitch starts to be close. Depended on description, comparison and computation, this article tries to explain the evaluation and transition characteristics that the Min Dialects and the Wu Dialects coexisted.
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