Preposition System And Historical Orientation Of Sou Shen Ji

This text inquiries into the preposition system in Sou Shen Ji by Gan Bao in the east Jin(280 AD—350 AD). At the foundation that a great number of language facts are carried into the detailed investigation, it perfectly describes the entire content of preposition usage in Sou Shen Ji and the historical comparison of the preposition system of this book. According to the demarcation circumstance of the prepositions scope by the former wisemen, I put forward Sou Shen Ji preposition of demarcation standard, and with this I demarcate the concrete scope and quantity of the prepositions in it; the second part carries on the detailed analysis and describes the phrasing function and method of using of each preposition, and at this foundation I bring up preposition classification for the ones present in it, pointing out the characteristic of the preposition system of Sou Shen Ji; the third part compares Sou Shen Ji with the other works in ancient a ges, in the medieval ages(in the same ages) and in the later ages, and concludes that the preposition system of Sou Shen Ji is on the Chinese language history position: First, Sou Shen Ji was created in the ages of Wei Jin, which transferred into medieval old ages from the ancient period, and the coexistence of new and old prepositions resulted in the complication of its preposition system. To great degree, it inherited the prepositions of the ancient times, but the newly arisen preposition of the medieval times had already appeared, which reflects the special features of Sou Shen Ji language transition from the ages of former Qin and two Hans to the medieval times. Second, the main performance of the development of Chinese language preposition in the medieval times is the creation of the new preposition and the variety of some old preposition using. In Sou Shen Ji, there appeared new prepositions of medieval times. The variety performance of the old preposition using was showed in two aspects:1.