In Search of the Vernacular: Fan Yin's Yueyan and Other Lexicographic Sources on the Vernacular Language of the Qing Dynasty

搜俗記：范寅《越諺》及其他清朝俗語辭書. 本論文的重點是尚未充分探索的俗語辭書，特别关注清朝末期.本文分為四個章節.第一章為緒論,介紹關於俗語詞和俗語辭書的術語,以及提供明清俗語辭書大綱.第二章具體研究越地辭書大綱,清范寅《越諺》以及其編者范寅生平與學術創作；《越諺》寫作背景、版本以及内容.本文在引用《越諺》原文時所採用參考本子是侯友蘭《越諺》點注(2006).第三章包含明清時期俗語研究綜述和《越諺》研究現狀、《越諺》的立目與分類：歸納出立目的規則：‘字’、‘詞’、‘語’相合,也有以俗字和生僻字的立目,以及闡述辭書價值意義.第三章對比《越諺》與其他俗語辭書的幾個特點,例如以類相從的體例觀、注音和釋義方法、聲訓現象.第四章具體分析《越諺》的內容.第四章以形、聲、義分析俗語辭書所錄立目和詞條.附錄部分,梳理《越諺》的序與跋的內容以及歸納明清俗語辭書.

The present dissertation focuses on the under-explored lexicographical sources on the vernacular language, with a particular focus on the last part of the Qing dynasty. The paper is divided into four chapters. The first part includes a terminological introduction to vernacular words and lexicographic compilations on the vernacular language, and it provides an outline of colloquial dictionaries in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The second chapter specifically outlines Fan Yin (1827-1897)’s Yueyan 越諺 [Sayings of Yue] published in 1878 and its compiler-s life and academic production, as well as the compilation background of the book, its versions, and its content. The edition of Fan Yin’s work used in this dissertation when citing the original text is Hou Youlan's ‘Yueyan’ dianzhu (2006). The third chapter contains a summary of the study of colloquialism in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the state of the arts in the investigation of Yueyan, macro- and microstructural criteria in the compilations; the coexistence of zi 字 (character), ci 詞 (word) and yan 諺 (saying), together with popular, topolectal, and rare characters. The third chapter compares several characteristics of Yueyan and other dictionaries/glossaries on the colloquial language, in particular from the perspective of microstructural elements, phonetic notation, and definition methods. The fourth chapter specifically analyses the lexical entries and words included in Yueyan.