Today is

Journal of Beijing Normal University(Social Sciences) ›› 2019, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (5): 56-66.

• Literature • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Culture of Yindu in Gaozong's Observing the Imperial Mourning and Wenren inAncient Times: Changing from closing vowel to tongue and nasal vowel in pre-form-and-pronunciation era

HUANG Yiqing   

  1. Center for Folklore,Ancient Writing and Chinese Characters,BNU,Beijing 100875,China
  • Received:2019-03-14 Online:2019-09-25 Published:2019-11-04

Abstract: “Gaozong liang yin”,recorded in documents of the Pre-Qin,means that Gaozong lived in a thatched cottage during his mourning period for three years and had not issued any orders. The term “liang yin” was based on the shape and form of the thatched cottage,imitating the residence of the deceased relative. The cultural and ideological connotation of the cottage form was the “yin du (experience)” the deceased relatives. “Yin du” is a widespread ideology and culture in ancient times,and its motivation is for one's feelings to overlap with the others'. While the “yin” in “yin du” and “wen” in “wen ren” both originated from the etymology of “yin” meaning overlapping,the “experience” between people,between people and objects,between people and nature was to measure one's feelings with that of others,and the essence of “benevolence” was to experience other's feelings,which was a connotation of the ideology and culture of “harmony between man and nature”. By comparing historical vocabulary with ones related to the same context,it is proved that some words' rhyme with closing vowels changed to nasal vowel(-m>-n,-p>-t/-?)in the pre-form-and-pronunciation era,taking “Yin阴” changed to “Yin隐” and “Wen温” as the manifestations of this changing type.

Key words: liang yin, loving, benevolence, experience others, historical pronunciation change, determining pronunciation according to meaning

CLC Number: