The use of verse in the Dun-huang bian-wenb
敦煌变文韵文研究
Samuel Hun-nin Cheung 张洪年

Abstract 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.

中国诗歌向来是句末用韵．但敦煌卷子中不押韵的七言诗和六言诗很多．本文就敦煌变文集（王重民等编，中华书局1957）一书中所收材料，对无韵诗的平仄格律作了一个统计和研究．无论六言或七言，四六两字平仄相对的占极大多数．而行与行之间的平仄对换情形也有规律可寻．换言之，变文中的韵文不一定是押韵之文．韵律往往由平仄调协来决定。

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