Fujian, Guangdong And Guangxi Tang Five Dynasties Literati Rhyme Comparative Study

This paper is mainly based on the poems from Fujian,Guangdong and Guangxi in the Tang and Five Dynasties.these materials are collected from 870 poems of 81 Fujian literary men,375 poems of 24 Guangdong literary men,344 poems of 10 Guangxi literary men. Through analying and connecting these rhymes,we summarised the rhyme systems of classical style poems and modern style poems of each areas. and compared with Jiangzhewu,Hunan,Jiangxi and Guanzhong in the Tang and Five Dynasties.There were 9 YinSheng Rimes (阴声韵),9 YangSheng Rimes (阳声韵)in Fujian; 10 YinSheng Rimes,8 YangSheng Rimes in Guangdong;8 YinSheng Rimes,8 YangSheng Rimes in Guangxi.Through summarizing we found the phenomemon Chu-Yun (出韵)and Jie-Yun (借韵)were the the reflaction of the dialect of each areas.There were 8 YinSheng Rimes,10 YangSheng Rimes,5 RuSheng Rimes(入声韵)in Fujian;and 8 YinSheng Rimes,9 YangSheng Rimes,6 RuSheng Rimes in Guangdong;and 8 YinSheng Rimes,9 YangSheng Rimes,6 RuSheng Rimes in Guangxi.The similarities of these three areas:(1) Part of the Jia Rime (佳韵)began to mingle with Jia Ma (家麻部),but not be classified into,and still had two pronunciation.(2) Yuan Rime(元韵)were classified into Zhen She(臻摄),but the RuSheng Rime YueYun (月韵)had a more closer relationship with Shan She(山摄)(3) In these aeres,[-m],[-n]and[-(?)] were rarely intermixed,which revealed the obvious boundaries between the three endings. Ru Sheng Rimes(入声韵)took on great consistency in these aeres,endings [-t] and [-k] vanished first.(4) The language phenomenon of ZhuoShangGuiQu (浊上å½'去)did not exist in these aeres.The differences of these three areas:(1) Qi ji Rime were used only in Fujian,had been into Zhi She(止摄)in Guangdong,but into Xie She(蟹摄)in Guangxi.(2) The rhyme in Fujian revealed the characteristics of Min dialect,for example, Ge Rime(歌韵)mingled with Hao Rime(豪韵),Ge Rime mingled with Yu Rime (鱼韵),ZhiWei Rime (支微)mingled with YuMu Rime(鱼模), Zhong Rime(é'ŸéŸµ)mingled with Geng Rime(庚韵),which did not appeared in Guangdong and Guangxi.(3) The labial of YouHou Rime(尤侯)were mingled with YuMu Rime in Fujian and Guangdong,but not appeared in Guangxi.