继西汉扬雄《方言》以后，东汉的学者比较多地注意到了各个地方活的语言。在他们的著作中，已有对于当时各种方言事实的描写和记载，如许慎《说文解字》，刘熙《释名》；另一方面则体现在学者们的传往之中，如王选的《楚辞章句》，郑玄的《毛诗笺》、《周礼注》、《仪礼注》、? Following the “dialect” of Yang Xiong in Western Han Dynasty, the scholars in the Eastern Han Dynasty paid more attention to the living language in various places. In their writings, there are descriptions and records of the facts of various dialects at that time, such as Xu Shen’s “Shuo Wen Jie Zi” and Liu Xi’s “Shi Ming”; on the other hand, it is reflected in the transmission of scholars, Wang Xuan’s “Chu speech chapter”, Zheng Xuan’s “Mao Shi Jian”, “Zhou Li Zhu”, “Ritual Note”,?