The Research Of The Verse Rhyme Used By Zhejiang Poets Of Ming Dynasty

The paper concludes 15 categories of Ming Dynasty Zhejiang poets used rhyme, respecting to the association of 20 Zhejiang poets'more than 4000 poems of "The Entire poems in Ming Dynasty" which is edited by Mr Rao Zongyi and Mr Zhang Zhang. We can spy the similarities and differences by comparing with Song jambic verse 18 which is concluded by Mr Lu Guoyao.This paper elaborates the significance of the topic from the linguistics and the literature by inspecting the contributions and insufficiencies which the predecessors have already made in the topic of inspecting the rhyme. After the collation and comparison of thousands of poems, this paper conclude 15 categories by associating more than 4000 poems.Compares with Song jambic verse 18, Hanxian(寒先) gathers with Jianlian(监廉) for Xianlian(先廉), Zhenwen(真文) gathers with Qinxun(侵寻) for Zhenqin(真侵), Dezhi(德质) gathers with Yuetie(月帖) for Deye(德业).These situations have reflected the several voice changes of Zhejiang in Ming Dynasty:-m transforms to -n;-p-t-k transforms to -? .There are also many special examples in the rhyme which Ming Dynasty Zhejiang poets used. For example:Zhenqin(真侵) and Gengqing(庚青),Xianlian(先廉) and Zhenqin(真侵),Zhiwei(支微) and Yumu(鱼模),Jiangyang(江阳) and Gengqing(庚青),Deye(德业) and Wuzhu(屋烛),Yumu(鱼模) and Gege(歌戈).These phenomenon are the manifestations of voice changes, dialect as well as archaization. The paper believes that the poets'used rhyme is orderly, many rhyme using is the outcome of dialect. At the same time, the paper discovered the change of voice in Zhejiang area is very slowly, and lagged behind the south area of YellowRiver(中原地区).