A Research On Words Of Zhoushi Mingtongji

Zhoushi Mingtongji is a Taoist work of Shangqing Lingbao in Southern Dynasties.Its language is the Southern Dynasties language and Wu language.The special text form and content lead it to reflect the degree of spoken language much higher in the Southern Dynasties compared to other books.So it is a ideal book for the study of Chinese vocabulary.This paper makes a closed description of the words of Zhoushi Mingtongji,and examines the characteristics of the words in the process of language evolution.It also puts forward the special contribution of its words to the development of Chinese vocabulary.The full text is divided into four chapters:In the first chapter,Introduction,the author firstly clarifies the special linguistic value of the middle ancient times.Then the author points out the lacked status of the relevant research in this field,and introduces the author of Zhoushi Mingtongji ae well as its time for finishing.Then the author introduces researches status of Zhoushi Mingtongji from three aspects;In the end,the author describes the overall thinking and the research methods of this paper.In the second chapter,the Research on the Lexical System of Zhoushi Mingtongji,the first section explores the origin and evolution of the words of Zhoushi Mingtongji from the diachronic perspective.It shows that archaic Chinese has far-reaching impact on the words of Zhoushi Mingtongji.At the same time,the new words from Zhoushi Mingtongji era have a weak stability;The second section makes a static description of lexical forms of Zhoushi Mingtongji.In this process,the author pays closs attention to the general trend of Chinese vocabulary evolution’s influence on the words of Zhoushi Mingtongji as well as the words of Zhoushi Mingtongji’s active adjustments and accommodations.The third section analyses the special values of the vocabulary system of Zhoushi Mingtongji,such as revising and supplementing modern dictionaries,advancing the study of Chinese vocabulary.In the third chapter,the Research on Taoism Words of Zhoushi Mingtongji,the author selectes a specific kind of words of Zhoushi Mingtongji,the Taoism words,to do further research.First of all,the author gives a definition of Taoist words.After this,the author analyses and describes all Taoism words of Zhoushi Mingtongji.On this foundation,the author puts forward the characteristics of Taoism words of Zhoushi Mingtongji.In the fourth chapter,the Characteristics of Words of Zhoushi Mingtongji,based on the researches on all words and Taoism words of Zhoushi Mingtongji,the author summarizes the characteristics of words of Zhoushi Mingtongji.The author analyses target structures of words of Zhoushi Mingtongji and explains the reason why the words from local layer have such a high proportion.Finally,the author introduces the new words and new meanings come from Zhoushi Mingtongji era.