Study On The Variant Pronunciation System In Zi Xue Zhi Nan

Zi Xue Zhi Nan was written by ZhuGuangJia during the Ming Dynasty in Shanghai. It was published in Wangri midwinter of Ming Dynasty Wanli Xinchou, that is lunar November 15th A.D.1601.One notable feature of this book is that there are so many variant pronunciation words in it which worth our research.In this thesis, we mainly sort out the whole variant pronunciation words from the Zi Xue Zhi Nan and then analyse it.firstly, we sort out the variant pronunciation words from Zi Xue Zhi Nan and then input them on computer to form a data base. Secondly, we interpret the variant pronnciation system of Zi Xue Zhi Nan in the phonology way which including Initials, Finals and Tones. Finally, we compare the variant pronunciation words' Fan Qie with Guang Yun and Ji Yun, in this way we can figure out the phonetic strata of the variant pronunciation words in Zi Xue Zhi Nan.Generally speaking, the variant pronunciation system of Zi Xue Zhi Nan have three phonetic strata, that is the current voice of Ming Dynasty, the phonetic features of Wu dialect and the Fan Qie in rhythm books which from mediaeval times. So we conclude that the Zi Xue Zhi Nan is a rhythm book which reflect complicated phonemic system such as dialect voice and current voice, not the simple one.