Riding the wind of rebirth

Duan Yucai's greatest contribution was the discovery that after classifying ancient characters based on their homophonic radicals, their rhymes are roughly the same. Therefore, he proposed the theory that "those with the same homophonic sound must have the same rhyme", which made all the unknown characters disappear. Chinese characters with rhymes can also be classified into various parts, and finally a large rhyme table containing all Chinese characters can be produced.

This is an important progress in the study of ancient pronunciation after the development of phonology in the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, Duan's book was highly praised by people at the time. Qian Daxin said: "Duan Junfu, because of the theory of the Gu and Jiang families, proved its violation and made up for its failure, and classified the ancient music into seventeen parts. If the net is in the outline, it is orderly. , The source of the poor writing, the correct change of the sound, and the contribution to the ancient scholars have been made. "

Duan's teacher, the famous rhyme expert Dai Zhen, also highly praised his theory. He wrote to him: "The great work can distinguish the five branches, six fats and sevens, just like the three incompatible rhymes of Qingzhen Zheng, which can come from the heart." Since the Tang Dynasty, people who have talked about rhyme have not published it. This spring, I will conduct some research on ancient rhyme and conclude that it will be a correct conclusion from now on."

However, Duan Yucai's book also made too many breakthroughs, causing the order of each rhyme section to completely deviate from the "Qie Yun" book, which was not rigorous. Fortunately, it received annotations and additions from later generations, and eventually developed into the Qianjia School. Then it developed into the Zhanghuang School.

Therefore, we must first understand these and make careful annotations. Only then can we at least know what Master Zeng means. Most of them can be understood easily. If you have doubts, you can summarize them into problems and ask the experts for advice.

Yes, if ordinary people look at "The Rhymes of Mao's Poetry", it is probably similar to the Book of Heaven. Not to mention asking questions or even arguing, if you can understand all the words on it, you are considered to be very capable.

She Niu on the side was still very interested in Zhou Zhi. He secretly leaned over to see what Zhou Zhi was doing, and then found that the article was full of unknown words. He couldn't help but secretly stick out his tongue again, not saying anything to disturb him.

Once he gets into the mood, Zhou Zhi often loses track of time. To him, three and a half hours is almost like the blink of an eye.

When the plane landed at Shudu Airport, Zhou Zhi was making notes on Gu Shaoxian's rhyme-specific writings on "Song of Shang·Yin Wu".

This poem is an ode to Yin Gaozong's great military exploits in the conquest of Jingchu. It also contains famous lines such as "No one dares not to come and enjoy, no one dares not to come to the king", and the last part "Zhibijingshan, Songbowanwan." is Breaking means moving, square cutting means piety. The pines and pines have balsa, and the traveling couplets have leisure, and they sleep in a hole." It also provides important information on the location of the materials used in the construction of the ancestral temple in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the wood used, and the processing shape. Written records.

This carol also has its own characteristics in the use of rhyme.The whole poem is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 uses rhyme for every sentence. "Wu", "Chu", "Zu", "Lv", "Suo" and "Xu" rhyme with Ye Yubu;

Chapter 2 Except for the sentence "Wei Nu Jingchu" does not use rhyme, the rest of the sentences use rhyme, "xiang", "tang", "qiang", "xiang", "wang" and "chang", which rhyme with Ye Yangbu;
Chapter 3 begins to use rhyme in every sentence again. "PI", "Ji", "PI", "Shi (Tong Ban)", "Jie (Tong Lei)" are the rhymes of Xi Zhi Tong;

Chapter 4 The same sentences use rhyme, but there is another trick - changing the rhyme before and after. "Jian", "Yan", "Lan", and "Die" are Tan Yang rhymes, while "Guo" and "Fu" Ye rhyme of the ministry;
Chapter 5 and Chapter 4 use the same rhyme technique, also changing the rhyme before and after, but there is a small trick. Compared with Chapter 4, the number of "character feet" that change the rhyme before and after is swapped, "wing" and "ji" "Sheng", "Ling", "Ning" and "Sheng" are the rhymes of Ye Zunbu;
The last chapter returns to the technique of Chapter 1, and returns to the method of rhyming every sentence and rhyming it to the end, "shan", "Wan", "Qian", "Qian", "梃", "Xian", "An" ", all Yuanbu rhymes of Ye.

The use of Yuan rhyme and one rhyme to the end can quite exaggerate the festive atmosphere of the completion of the ancestral temple.

Judging from the words used in rhymes, we can see that the ancients had a profound understanding of the phonological aesthetics of poetry. When compiling carols and sacrificial songs, they already knew how to use strict and flexible rules as a guide for creation.

The poems written in this way are both solemn and majestic, with ups and downs, and at the same time they avoid boring sameness and are rich in variety. Finally, a aria with overlapping rhymes is used as the final chapter, not only echoing the beginning and end, but also showing the majestic atmosphere.

Even though the original music has been lost, a lot of knowledge can be gleaned from the lyrics alone.

"Little brother? Little brother!" She Niu's voice next to him rang again: "We are here, the plane has landed." "Oh, thank you, brother." Only then did Zhou Zhi come back to his senses from the ocean of knowledge, I quickly added the final footnote to the book in my hand, and then packed up my things in a hurry.

"Odes of Shang·Yin Wu" is the last chapter of "The Book of Songs". After completing Master Zeng's annotation of this collection of poems, the annotation work of "Rhymes of Mao Poetry" will be officially completed and can be published.

Of course, whether or not to publish it depends on the master's wishes. The Gu family's traditional habit of "stirring up knowledge" sometimes gives the school a headache.

However, Zhou Zhi felt that with the proofreading and annotation of this book completed, he would at least have a reason to explain to the elderly that he was flying around during the winter vacation.

"This is the catering on the plane. Seeing that you were so absorbed in studying, I didn't let the flight attendant disturb you and packed it for you." She Niu said cheerfully: "You are really awesome too. You haven't been distracted for three and a half hours. It’s not like when I spank my little butt, it’s sharp and I can’t sit still for a minute.”

Nowadays, when people go on business trips, the disposable small soaps, soaps, shampoos, toothbrushes and combs in hotels are all novel and interesting things. They often even pack disposable slippers.

Airplane meals are even more rare. It’s okay not to eat them, but it’s not okay not to take the small plastic tableware with you.

Zhou Zhi really didn't care about this, but he also felt that Brother Sheniu's approach was quite heartwarming. He packed his schoolbag and took the plastic bag containing the airplane meal: "Thank you, brother, for causing you trouble."

"What trouble is this? I really admire you who are good at reading. You also know why you can't go to college." Brother Sheniu shook his head repeatedly: "Let's go, don't we take first class? We have to get off first, don't delay Get off the plane later.”

This was said with a sense of superiority, but it also contained timidity. It seemed that this person did not often fly in first class. He was probably upgraded temporarily for unknown reasons just like himself.

Because people who sit all the time will never find a sense of superiority in such trivial matters.

After getting off the plane, everyone went to drag their luggage first. Brother Sheniu was afraid that Zhou Zhi, a newbie, would not be able to find a place, so he took the initiative to ask Zhou Zhi to join him.

Zhou Zhi saw that he had a lot of luggage and he had one hand free, so he helped him carry a bag.

Zhou Zhi's luggage included a long plastic tube, which contained the "Ming Dynasty Tuo Zhang Raptor Stele", Ji Xiaolan's Duan inkstone and the natural Gobi jade horse bought in northern Xinjiang, the Qilian Mountain-shaped colored stone table screen, and the agate inkstone bed, as well as The gifts received in the Gongmei Hall of Beijiang Mall were all packed into suitcases.

Then there was a big cardboard box with zip ties. As soon as the box came out, Brother Sheniu smelled it: "Hey! It's really mutton!"

"There are also seasonings." Zhou Zhi smiled modestly.