A Research to the Replacement of Preposition System from Pre-Qin Dynasty to Wei Jin South and North Dynasty（1）

Abstract

this research will verify the prepositions from pre-Qin dunasty to Wei Jin South and North dynasty, and abstract the tendency and characteristics of replacement of preposition system from Pre-Qin dynasty to Wei Jin South and North dynasty. There are 69 prepostions in Pre-Qin Chinese, and there are 89 prepositions in East and West Han Chinese, in which 47 were followed from pre-Qin Chinese, and 42 emerged in this time. There are 98 prepositions in Wei Jin South and North Chinese, in which 37 were followed from Pre-Qin Chinese, 28 of them was from the new prepositions emerged in East and West Han Chinese, and 33 of them were the new members in Wei Jin South and North dynasty.