Duan Yucai (1735— 18 15)
He thinks gossip is the bud of language.
China was a country of Confucian classics, phonology and exegesis in Qing Dynasty. If the word is false, it is called Maotang. In his later years, he was called Yanbei layman, Changtang Lake layman and overseas Chinese Wu. People from Jintan City, Jiangsu Province. Born in the 13th year of Yongzheng, he died in the 20th year of Jiaqing. In the twenty-five years of Qianlong (1760), he took part in the provincial entrance examination and the city examination, but failed repeatedly. In the thirty-fifth year of Qianlong (1770), the official department awarded the magistrate of Yuping County, Guizhou Province, followed by the magistrates of Fushun, Nanxi and Wushan in Sichuan Province. 10 years later, he was called ill and returned to his hometown. At the age of 58, he moved to Zhiyuan outside Nagato, Suzhou.
Duan Yucai studied under Dai Zhen in Beijing and made friends with Qian Daxin, Shao (1743 ~ 1796) and Yao Nai (1731~1815). After returning to Li, I have to see Liu Taigong, (1744 ~ 1794) and Jin Bang (1735 ~ 180 1). When I went to Beijing for the second time at the age of 55, I got to know Wang Niansun and Wang's father and son, and discussed phonology and exegesis, which was quite compatible. Sinology flourished in Ganjia period, and Duan and Wang made great contributions to phonology and exegetics.
Duan Yucai is well-read and rich in writings, and manages primary schools by learning Confucian classics. In the primary school, we also use phonology to rule the exegesis of words. Solid and profound foundation. He is the author of six books, including The Book of Songs Primary School, Essays on China Ancient Books, Zhou Lihan Reading Test, Yi Reading Test, Ge Shuo Wen Ding, Shuo Wen Jie Zi Zhu and Jing Yun. Liu Shu Biao is an epoch-making work in ancient rhyme, which is divided into 17 books on the basis of Gu's five phonological books and Jiang Yong's (168 1 ~ 1762) ancient rhyme standard. After more than 30 years of skill, Shuo Wen Jie Zi Zhu is unprecedented in its physical and mental size. He first wrote "A Reader for Explaining Words", and under each word, he quoted a group of books to explain the source in detail. In his later years, he deleted the complexity and simplified it, and compiled the Notes on Explaining Words. In the twentieth year of Jiaqing (18 15), the whole book was engraved in May, which was very popular and praised by scholars, and the study of Shuowen was very popular. The main features of paragraph annotations in Shuowen are as follows: ① Compared with the two versions of Xu (Xu Xuan and Xu Kai), the publication and engraving are fallacious. ② Explain the style of Xu Shu's works. (3) Quote ancient classics, explain Xu Shuo and infer the origin of Xu Shuo. ④ Besides Xu Shen's explanation, explain the extension and change of the meaning of words; It is pointed out that words have ancient and modern meanings. ⑤ Explain the relationship between sound and meaning, and explain the principle of sound and meaning communication according to homophonic phonetic symbols. At the same time, scholars Gui Fu, Zhu and Wang Yun are also known as the four masters of Shuowen.