THE USE OF VERSE IN THE DUN-HUANG BIAN-WEN

敦煌変文韻文研究

張洪年(Samuel Hung-nin Cheung)

《Journal of Chinese Linguistics》 8卷1期 (1980/01) Pp. 149-162

摘要

The bian-wen writings of Dun-huang are basically prosi-metrical in style. They represent a rich source of material for studying the metrical structure of Chinese medieval verse. On the basis of the statistics taken from the portion of rhymeless verse contained in these manuscripts, this paper argues that the use of tonal antithesis, both within a line and across lines, is the primary factor in determining the rhythmic effect of a verse composition in the bian-wen genre.

並列摘要

中国诗歌向來是句末用韻。但敦煌卷子中不押韻的七言诗和六言诗很多。本文就敦煌変文集（王重民等編，中华书局1957）一书中所收材料，對无韻诗的平仄格律作了一個統计和研究。无论六言或七言、四六两字平仄相对的佔极大多数。而行与行之間的平仄对換情形也有规律可寻。換言之変文中的韻文不一定是押韻之文。韻律往往由平仄调協來決定。