俞樾《諸子平議》斠正

Abstract

The prestigious Qing dynasty linguists, Yu Yue (俞樾) is one of the leading figures in Chinese philology. His Zhuzi Pingyi《( 諸子平議》), which contains over 2300 case studies of linguistic issues identified from various Chinese classics, has long been regarded as one of the most authoritative works in the literature of the field. Since its publication, Zhuzi Pingyi has been used as an essential reference by Chinese philologists and researchers working in classical Chinese philology. While Zhuzi Pingyi is comprehensive and meticulous in its analyses, a number of inaccuracies have been found in their discussions, such as those on loan characters, semantics and syntax. There has not been any work that attempts to provide a systematic rectification of these issues. This thesis is an attempt to revisit each case study in Zhuzi Pingyi from the perspectives of etymology, semantics, phonology, and syntax, and provide possible rectification of these “errors.”

Date of Award	12 Sept 2016
Original language	Chinese (Traditional)
Awarding Institution	City University of Hong Kong
Supervisor	Pang Fei KWOK (Supervisor)