5. OLD CHINESE THROUGH THE XIESHENG SYSTEM

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. GSC ENTRIES xv
6. TRANSCRIPTIONS xix
7. SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS xxi
8. INTRODUCTION 1
9. 1. APPROACHES TO THE HISTORY OF CHINESE 1
10. 2. MIDDLE CHINESE AND THE QIÈYÙN 5
11. 3. OLD CHINESE: PHONETIC SERIES 10
12. 4. OLD CHINESE THROUGH INTERNAL RECONSTRUCTION 12
13. 5. OLD CHINESE THROUGH THE XIESHENG SYSTEM 17
14. 6. MINIMAL OLD CHINESE: PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA 27
15. 7. LATER HAN CHINESE 29
16. 8. HAN PERIOD SOURCES ON PHONOLOGY 31
17. 9. INTERPRETATIONS OF IRREGULAR PHONETIC COMPOUNDS 34
18. 10. CONCLUSION 39
19. REFERENCES 40
20. GSR NUMBER = GSC NUMBER 369
21. PINYIN INDEX 375