Title: An Interpretation of Several Words in Xuxiake Travel Notes
Abstract: Adopting the lexical interpretation in modern linguistics,the paper gives an interpretation of such words in Xuxiake Travel Notes as Guomai,Guai/Maguai and Fei.It is concluded that Guomai is a common word in geomancy used as a noun or a verb,Guai originates from the Miao and Yao language while Maguai as a blend has the same meaning as Guai,and Fei is Suofei in its original form with the definition of demanding toll money.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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