Table 2:

Periodization of Chinese Phonology (Sources*)


STAGE TEXTS DATES
Old Chinese Shijing (詩經) 800 - 600 BC
Early Middle Chinese Qieyun (切韻) 601 AD
Guangyun (廣韻) 1011 AD (or 1008 AD)
Late Middle Chinese Yunjing (韻鏡) 1161 (preface), 1203 AD
Qiyinlue (七音略) ca. 1162 AD
Sisheng Dengzi (四聲等子) probably N. Song (date and authorship unknown)
Qieyun Zhizhang Tu (切韻指掌圖) ca 1176 - 1203 (S. Song)
Qieyun Zhinan (切韻指南) 1336 AD (Song trad.)
Early Mandarin Zhongyuan Yinyun (中原音韻) 1324 AD (Yuan)

(* For information on dating of various primary sources, see E.G. Pulleyblank (1984) Middle Chinese: A Study in Historical Phonology. Vancouver, Canada: University of British Columbia Press. Pp. 255-257.)



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