毛詩

Chinese

		surname	Classic of Poetry
trad. (毛詩)		毛	詩
simp. (毛诗)		毛	诗

Etymology

Named after 毛公, collective appellation for 毛亨 and his nephew 毛萇 (c. 3rd century BCE), traditionally attributed founders of their school of scholarship. Largely intact, it is the only surviving edition of the Classic of Poetry, which also includes the commentaries in the Mao tradition.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Máoshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Máoshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Máoshih
    • Wade–Giles: Mao²-shih¹
    • Yale: Máu-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maushy
    • Palladius: Маоши (Maoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ si¹
    • Yale: mòuh sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 巫師／巫师 無私／无私

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• Middle Chinese: maw syi

Rime
Character	毛	詩
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	莫袍切	書之切
Baxter	maw	syi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑu/	/ɕɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑu/	/ɕɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑu/	/ɕie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maw/	/ɕɨ/
Li Rong	/mɑu/	/ɕiə/
Wang Li	/mɑu/	/ɕĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑu/	/ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	máo	shī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	si1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mˤaw  s.tə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːw  hljɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	毛	詩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	máo	shī
Middle Chinese	‹ maw ›	‹ syi ›
Old Chinese	/*C.mˁaw/	/*s.tə/
English	hair	poetry
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	毛	詩
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	8780	12052
Phonetic component	毛	寺
Rime group	宵	之
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	毛	詩
Old Chinese	/*maːw/	/*hljɯ/

Proper noun

毛詩

1. Mao Commentary; Classic of Poetry in the Mao Tradition (edition of the Classic of Poetry with commentaries)

Related terms

• 詩經／诗经 (Shījīng)