An analysis of the Sichuan dialect from the contaction between Ge(歌) and Hao(豪) in the rhyming system of Tongchuan(潼川) in the Song Dynasty

In the poets from Tongchuan(潼川))in the Song dynasty,category Ge(歌)contacts with category Hao(豪),This phenomenon is reflection of the real pronunciation at that time.The dialect in Sichuan is generally considered to subordinate to the southwest dialect in China and is the south-west variant in the north in the academic circle.And it came into being in the Yuan and Ming Dynasty.This view shows the Song Dynasty is an important and crucial developing period in Sichuan.Before the Song Dynasty Sichuan dialect had completely gone.The facts that category Ge(歌)contacts with category Hao(豪) in the poets from Tongchuan(潼川))in the Song dynasty,provided a strong evidence to the above viewpoint.The fact is of great significance to the research in the history of the Sichuan dialect.