Wamyō ruiju shō 倭名類聚抄, a Japanese dictionary of c. 934, starts with astral terms. The Pleiades (mǎo 昴 in Chinese) are called 須八流 (Subaru) in Japanese. Connected with Agni, which is a bit of Vedic influence via Amoghavajra's astrology manual. https://t.co/Z99F6iQlXl https://t.co/MakZKsizPz
Boodbergの1937年の論文
Some Proleptical Remarks on The Evolution of Archaic Chinese
をjstorとやらに登録して見に行ったけど思った以上にやばかった。
https://t.co/uUKjurIR9x
(象牙関係はpp.362-364)
論文全体の要旨については日本語の紹介文もあった(pdf)
https://t.co/woGPCB15kE