An Observation on the Source and the Adapted Date of Renzhonghua's Ryukyu Manuscript Based on Its Editions and Language Features
Dandan Li · Journal of Sun Yatsen University · 2007
This paper is a textual research on the source and the adapted date of Renzhonghua's Ryukyu Manuscript in bibliological and diachronic grammar's ways,and finds that Renzhonghua's Ryukyu Manuscript stems from its Xiaohuaxuan Manuscript.The language features of Renzhonghua's Ryukyu Manuscript are similar to those of Baixing Mandarin,while differ from its Xiaohuaxuan Manuscript.Therefore,the adapted dates of Renzhonghua's Ryukyu manuscript and Baixing Mandarin should be quite close.