Research on Xuan Ying's "Tong Jing Yin Yi"

Author: Xu Shiying
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Xuan Ying's Comprehensive Sound Meanings of Scriptures inherits ancient commentaries like Erya and Shuowen Jiezi, reflecting the linguistic usage of the Tang Dynasty and the general evolution of Chinese from ancient to modern times. This book conducts a comprehensive and in-depth study of this Buddhist musical text, covering multiple fields such as textual criticism, phonology, etymology, Buddhism, and history. It examines the compilation process, content structure, variations among different editions, and the transmission origins of the Buddhist canon of Comprehensive Sound Meanings of Scriptures. It also summarizes and explains over 1,180 fanqie (reconstructed Middle Chinese pronunciations) in the text, conducting detailed explorations of some compound words, new terms and meanings, colloquial dialect words, and foreign loanwords from both diachronic and synchronic perspectives. The book showcases the characteristics of Chinese vocabulary during the transition from classical to vernacular language, and discusses the academic value of Comprehensive Sound Meanings of Scriptures in linguistic research, ancient text collation, lexicographical studies, and cultural history research.