마씨문통(馬氏文通)의 전통 언어학 계승 양상 고찰

Abstract

Mashi Wentong is the first book of Chinese grammar written by a Chinese author that applied Western grammar theories and marks the beginning of modern Chinese linguistics and Chinese grammar studies in the history of Chinese linguistics. By focusing on ancient Chinese, the research in Mashi Wentong cannot be separated from traditional linguistics as well. Thus, Mashi Wentong serves as a touchpoint that connects traditional Chinese linguistics with Western grammar. This paper comprehensively examined how Mashi Wentong succeeded the elements of traditional linguistics. First, this study focused on author Ma Jianzhong’s views toward traditional linguistics until the point when he wrote the Chinese language’s first grammar book. Second, this study analyzed the passages in Mashi Wentong that use traditional linguistic terms to describe the parts of speech and the Chinese syntax. Third, this paper examined how the research on function words, which was quoted in the example analysis and the commentaries of classical works or arguments presented by classical scholars, was reflected in Mashi Wentong. Through the analysis, this paper aimed to show how Western grammar and traditional Chinese linguistics converged to form the foundation of modern Chinese grammar.