Keywords: Qilinbayin.jpg A page from the Qi Lin Bayin a 17th-century compilation of two rime books for the Fuzhou dialect The top half is part of the -y final in the Qī cānjūn bāyīn zìyì biànlǎn 戚參軍八音字義便覽 Eight Sounds of General Qi and a Convenient Prospectus of Word Meaning covering the initials t 低 pʰ 波 tʰ 他 ts 曾 n 日 and s 時 The lower half is part of the -aung/-auk final in the Tàishǐ Lín Bìshān xiānshēng zhūyù tóngshēng 太史林碧山先生珠玉同聲 Homonyms of Pearl and Jade by the Honorable Lin Bishan covering the initials n 女 pʰ 波 ng 鳥 亦 and ts 之 This photo is made by myself Samuel H Leger PD-old This work is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less Dictionaries Fuzhou dialect |