The Evolution Of The Grapheme Of The Shang And Zhou Inscriptions

The characters studied in this paper are mainly the inscriptions on bronzes from the Shang dynasty to the Warring States period,but in the course of this discussion we will also refer to texts on other carriers.With the discovery of a large number of inscriptions and the research results obtained by various scholars,it is convenient for the discussion of this paper.This article mainly includes the following parts:The introduction includes an overview of the study,the background and significance of the study and the methodology of the study.It is mainly a review of previous research on archaic script and graphemes,as well as the significance and outlook of this paper.The first chapter is divided into two sections: “the theory of grapheme analysis”and “the statistics of the number of inscriptions in Shang and Zhou dynasties”.In the second verse,based on the analysis of 3063 Chinese characters in the text of the “Xin Jinwenbian”,and referring to the classification of grapheme in Li Pu’s “Jia gu wen wen zi xue” and Zhang Zaixing’s “Xi zhou jin wen zi su gong neng yan jiu”,the graphemes with significant changes are listed in two tables: Table 1.1 shows 176 graphemes with independent graphemes and Table 1.2 shows 12 dependent graphemes(quasi-graphemes).In the second chapter,27 examples of monosyllabic words or polysyllabic words composed of graphemes are selected,including some graphemes which can not be formed independently,there are three main types: “natural evolution case interpretation” and “error variation case interpretation”,of which “error variation case interpretation” is the main one.In this chapter,most of the evolution of Chinese characters can be verified with other Chinese characters,from which some rules of ancient Chinese characters deformation can be concluded.The third chapter discusses the types of the evolution of the morphemes in Shang and Zhou dynasty,which are divided into four categories: “simplification”“accumulation” “dissimilation” and “classification”,tries to use a wealth of examples to describe the basic appearance of the evolution of the morpheme form of Shang and Zhou inscriptions.The fourth chapter discusses the reasons for the evolution of the element form of the Shang Zhou and inscriptions,which is divided into two sections: “internal rule factors of Chinese characters” and “ regional factors”.The appendix is divided into three parts: “the table of abbreviations of books appearing in the text” “the laws of font changes in the variation of Shang and Zhou inscriptions morpheme ”and “quantity statistics on the number of Shang and Zhou inscriptions”.