There was no mandarin in ancient times. How does the emperor communicate with ministers who are full of dialects in the court?

The difference between rice and rice is actually the difference between Mandarin and dialect, which represents different expressions and pronunciations.

There was no mandarin in ancient China, but the emperor went to court and didn't meet a minister who was full of dialects, because there were two sets of discourse systems in the long-term ancient history, namely? Mandarin? And then what? Dialect? People who want to be officials must learn Mandarin. The standard pronunciation of Mandarin has been circulated for at least 3,000 years, which ensures the continuation of Chinese civilization and avoids swearing words that emperors and ministers can't understand when quarreling in court.

According to historical records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty (about 3,000 years ago), elegant characters used in court appeared, and elegance had the meaning of conforming to norms in ancient times, that is to say, the Mandarin system at that time had appeared, as pointed out in the Preface to Mao Poetry written by the Western Han Dynasty? Ya, yes. Of course, this refers to the poems circulating at that time, but we can also see that the local popular styles and the refined customs arranged in the court have belonged to different discourse systems.

Yayan itself is the central plains region, which is what people in Henan use to learn the pronunciation of Chinese characters today, so it is also called Luoyang pronunciation. The enfeoffment system in Zhou Dynasty promoted the spread of Luoyang reading sound. The Analects of Confucius said that Confucius taught students? Poetry, books and ceremonies are all elegant? Under the education system at that time, people who wanted to be officials in the future did not study dialects, but majors? Official language? This period of history lasted from Zhou to Ming and Qing Dynasties. Although Luoyang intonation itself developed and changed due to the change of political power, Nanjing Mandarin appeared late, but this pronunciation standard has always been based on? Luoyang reading sound? As the main body, the Ming Dynasty positioned Nanjing Mandarin as the national standard pronunciation, also because the Jianghuai area inherited Luoyang pronunciation, while the Luoyang area in the north, because of its integration with the northern nationalities, became less pure. Therefore, when we watch TV dramas today, the dialogue between the courts before the Ming Dynasty should be based on Luoyang pronunciation, which sounds more reliable than Henan dialect. However, it should be noted that Luoyang dialect is not correct, and it must be pronounced in Luoyang. Only scholars and then, right? .

Manchu was used as the national language in Qing Dynasty, and Beijing Mandarin was actively promoted. It was not until the late Qing Dynasty that Beijing Mandarin basically replaced Nanjing Mandarin. Orthography in the Republic of China was a combination of Beijing Mandarin and Nanjing Mandarin, which was also quite interesting to say. Interested friends can have a look at the Outline of Mandarin Sports, which records in detail the changes of Mandarin during the Republic of China.

Language is a life problem among the people, but above the imperial court, it is actually a political problem first. What kind of words should I use? Mandarin? It is an important wind direction in the imperial court itself, so there will be no dispute between the emperor and the minister on this standard issue. Learn what the emperor says. If you can't learn, you can only fuck off ~ ~