Constructing Databases for the Study of the Lost-texts of the Rime Dictionary "Qieyun"

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720178
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Shingo 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科(研究院), 講師 (20513360)
• Research Collaborator: SAWADA Tatsuya 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科, 特任研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 切韻 / 佚文 / 韻書 / データベース

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We constructed the following databases regarding to the rime dictionary "Qieyun" published by Lu Fayan during the Sui dynasty, which is the main resource for study of the historical Chinese phonology: (1) "Qieyun" lost-texts database, (2) "Yupian" text database, and (3) integrated search system "Pian-Yun Database", and we released these databases via WWW. And we also integrated them with Guangyun search system "Web Yuntu" which has previously been constructed.

Free Research Field

中国語学