《田家五行》谚语的用韵特点

A Study of the Rhymes of Proverbs in Tian Jia Wu Xing

谚语是对一个时代的社会生活和民风民情的最直接的反映。《田家五行》中的许多谚语具有淳朴的天然之美,同时又深入浅出,朗朗上口,蕴含丰富的人生经验和哲理。利用《田家五行》流传下来有韵的谚语,可以考察作者娄元礼所代表的吴语方言区的语音特点,进而清晰地勾勒出元末明初这段历史时期的语音面貌。

Proverbs are the most direct reflection of an era of social life and folk customs. Many proverbs in Tian Jia Wu Xing have a simple and natural beauty, and are easy to pronounce. They are also full of rich life experience and philosophical thoughts. Through analyzing the rhyming proverbs handed down in Tian Jia Wu Xing, we can learn about voice characteristics of the Wu dialect area, whose representative is Lou Yuanli. Besides, we can clearly outline the pronunciation during the period be- tween the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty.