Should the word "line" or "line" be pronounced in Samantabhadra in "Great Line in the South"?

Textual research on the pronunciation of Mahayana Bodhisattva "Xing".

Some Buddhist friends will struggle whether the word "line" should be pronounced as a line or as a Hangzhou.

There will be great differences in pronunciation between ancient Chinese and Mandarin today. Today's Putonghua is based on the mixed pronunciation of Chinese in Beijing, which is very different from the pure Chinese pronunciation of the Chinese nation in ancient Chinese!

The lines, lines and households in Shuo Wen Jie Zi in the Eastern Han Dynasty tend to be consistent. From, from.

In ancient Chinese, it was pronounced as Hu Geng, namely Hu, Geng and h+eng, and it was pronounced as "horizontal". It can be seen that today's X sound is mostly pronounced as H, ing and eng in ancient Chinese, so Xing and Heng are consistent in the historical continuation of the pronunciation of the word "Xing". The meaning of this word is the same, which means it is difficult to do but can be done. Today, some dialects of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Hakka and Cantonese still retain horizontal tones.

Hangyin is the extension and differentiation of the word "Xing" in the later period, which is called "industry" and "rank". If this sound is used on the "Great Bodhisattva", its meaning and reason are unreasonable!

If we look at the historical continuation of Ci and phonology, Xing Yin is the continuation of constant sound.

Therefore, the word "Xing" should not be pronounced as Xing, and the correct pronunciation is "Hang".