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Preliminary Inquiry On The Temporal Evolution Of High-Frequency Characters In Chu Group Inscriptions

Posted on:2023-02-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W F DuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2545306623493964Subject:Chinese Philology
Abstract/Summary:
This paper selects"Chu group Inscriptions(出组卜辞)"as our starting point.After counting on the frequency of occurrence of all words of Chu group Inscriptions and doing grading sorting,we finally identify the study subjects of this article:Wu(亡),Huo(祸),Bin(宾),Jin(今),Xi(夕),Sui(岁),Yi(翌),Yin(尹),Guan(祼)and Yu(雨).Then we further focus on the scope of distribution,environment and group collocation of these words in the oracle bone inscriptions.The article is divided into four parts: clue,main text,conclusion and appendix.The introduction consists of three parts.The first part is a research review,it mainly includes three aspects: Academic research on the Chu group Inscriptions;Research on the frequency classification of oracle bone inscriptions characters;Classification of intergenerational correlation studies about oracle bone science vocabulary.The second part mainly introduces the research content and research methods of this paper,which clarifies the research objects of this paper.The research method mainly uses data statistics method and diachronic comparison method.The third part introduces the significance of this topic and the innovation points and difficulties of the research.The main text section has two sections:The first chapter is the study on the word frequency statistics and related problems.This chapter makes statistics on the word frequency of 574 single words.According to certain grading standards,the results of the word frequency statistics are presented in the form of a table.The second and third chapters make a preliminary study on the evolution of the ten high-frequency characters,these characters consist of Wu,Huo,Bin,Jin,Xi,Sui,Yi,Yin,Guan and Yu.After making statistics on all the fixed collocation of these high-frequency characters,we selected several high-frequency fixed phrases for group collocation analysis and duration of evolution investigation.In the conclusion part,we summarize the diachronic evolution of the highfrequency characters in Chu Group(出组)Inscriptions.We found some similarities between"Shi Group(组)""Bin Group(宾组)""Chu Group"in the north of the Xiaotun(小屯)village and"Li Group(历组)"in the south of the Xiaotun village.In the process of studying the high-frequency word"Wu",we found that"people have no disaster"are seen in"Shi Group"and"Bin Group"in the north of the Xiaotun village and"Li Group"in the south of the Xiaotun village.Both"Shi Group"and"Li Group"have appeared"Que(雀)has no disaster".The attempt"Someplace has no disaster"was found both the"Bin Group"in the north of the Xiaotun village and"Li Group"in the south of the Xiaotun village.Only the place names are located in slightly different places.The"Li Group"and"Bin Group"has the similar example about"hunting without disaster"in divination.We can see more attempts of"Wang wang tian without disaster(王往田,亡灾)""Wang wang yu tian without disaster(王往于田,亡灾)".The attempt"Grain without harm"appears both"Dianbin Category(典宾类)"and"Liyi Category(历一类)"."Sacrifice without rain"is mainly seen in the"Bin Group"in the north of the Xiaotun village and the"Li Group""Unknown Group(无名组)"in the south of the Xiaotun village,but the sacrificial methods used in different groups are different.In the investigation of the"Sui for the sacrificial name"situation,we could see"Yi ganzhi(翌干支)plus other sacrificial nouns plus Sui plus Yu plus sacrificial people"in the divining part both"Dianbin Category"and"Liyi Category".The attempt"Sui and other sacrificial name use in succession has no disaster"was found both the"Bin Group""Chu Group"in the north of the Xiaotun village and"Li Group"in the south of the Xiaotun village.The other sacrificial names consist of"You(?)""Zhi(陟)""Rong()"and so on.When examining the present environment of the"Yi Ri(翌日)",We found"Yi Ri"which is be treated as time has appeared both the"Bin Group""Chu Group"in the north of the Xiaotun village and"Li Group"in the south of the Xiaotun village.In the process of studying the highfrequency word"Yu",the"Chu Group"in the north of the Xiaotun village and"Li Group"in the south of the Xiaotun village both have the attempt"Sacrifice plus Bu Yu(祭祀不雨)".The"Bin Group"in the north of the Xiaotun village and"Li Group"in the south of the Xiaotun village both have the attempts"Tiangan plus Yun Yu(天干允雨)"and"Asking for rain from the ancestors".The appendix is a statistical table of the frequency of single-syllabic words in Chu group Inscriptions.
Keywords/Search Tags:Chu Group Inscriptions, High-frequency characters, Group class of inscriptions
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