周颙是南朝宋齐时著名文人、佛学家和音韵学家。精研佛理,谙通音辨,宋末发现汉字平、上、去、入四种声调,著有《四声切韵》,后被沈约用于诗文创作,调谐声律,对“永明体”、近体诗的形成均具有深远影响。周颙作品大多散佚,长期以来未引起学界足够重视。至其生平,唯曹道衡、沈玉成和刘跃进等学者有过一些考述,系统梳理则付阙如。遂不揣谫陋,在全面检讨现存正史和佛典相关资料基础上,略考其行年。 Zhou Yi is a well-known scholar, Buddhist and Phonologist during the Southern Song Dynasty. The study of Buddhism, well versed in sound discrimination, the end of the Song found Chinese characters, on, go, into the four tones, with a “four-tone cut rhyme”, after being Shen about for poetry creation, tuning sound law, “Yong Ming body”, the formation of near-body poetry has far-reaching impact. Most of Zhou’s works are loosely collected, which has aroused enough attention of the academic circle for a long time. To his life, the only Caodao Heng, Shen Yucheng and Liu Yuejin and other scholars have had some examinations, the system does not pay the carding. Do not preoccupy humble, on the basis of a comprehensive review of the existing orthodox history and Buddhist scriptures, a brief account of their years.