“月氏”读音考

The Textual Research into the Pronunciation of "Rou Zhi"

“月氏”,今有两读。本文通过对诸多史籍中关于“月氏”地理、历史的考察,并从音理、字形对其进行了分析,可以确定“月氏”应读为“肉支”。

There are two kinds of opinions about the pronunciation of the ancient minority ＂rou zhi＂. The geographical and historical proofs from various ancient materials have been provided in the article and the problems have also been analyzed by the theory of tones and the figures of the Chinese characters. The pronunciation can be determined as ＂rou zhi＂.