The Rhetoric of Rime Table: The Design Idea and Its Diachronic Differences from the Perspective of the Naming Metaphor

Author: Song-Mu Wang(Department of Chinese, National Kaohsiung Normal University)

Vol.&No.：Vol. 58, No. 2
Date：September 2013
Pages：135-170
DOI：10.6210/JNTNULL.2013.58(2).06

Abstract：

This paper investigates the rhetorical evidence by exploring the naming metaphor of the rime table and, based on the cognitive linguistics of the cognitive model, observes the formal differences and the design idea of the rime table from the perspective of the naming metaphor. The content can be divided into 2 parts: first, the 3 anonymous books of the rime table written during the Song Dynasty—Yunjing, Sishen Dengzi, and Qieyun Zhizhang Tu—are discussed. Because of the additions of users throughout several generations, the original version of the table remains unclear. However, we can discern the design idea and the creativity of the editors of the table based on their naming metaphor, through analysis of the cognitive model of the vehicle and by surveying the particular categorization, sequencing, terminology, or punctuation. Second, observing the development of phonology during the Ming and Qing Dynasties shows that the rime table was dynamically developed, and was endowed with a function and signification that transcended the practical dimension. Hence, this paper compares and contrasts the naming metaphor of the rime tables between the Song-Yuang Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. In addition, we explain the cause from the perspective of the history of phonological thought.

Keywords：history of phonological thought, rhetoric, design idea, metaphor, rime table

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