Linguistic issues : erroneous character?

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2010-09-19 20:57:13erroneous character?
Posted by: zhnach	In the last line of Chu Ci 楚辞 "Tian Wen" 天问, Section 4, I see <坠> (zhui4) instead of <墬> (di4), which is a conservative form of <地> (di4)--see e.g. Shuowen under <地>, where <墬> is recorded as "Zhouwen" 籒文. The word written in the "Tian Wen" is definitely di4 'ground' ("why did the ground thus lean..." and so this character "should" be <墬>, but maybe different editions vary here?

2010-09-19 20:57:13erroneous character?

Posted by: zhnach

In the last line of Chu Ci 楚辞 "Tian Wen" 天问, Section 4, I see <坠> (zhui4) instead of <墬> (di4), which is a conservative form of <地> (di4)--see e.g. Shuowen under <地>, where <墬> is recorded as "Zhouwen" 籒文. The word written in the "Tian Wen" is definitely di4 'ground' ("why did the ground thus lean..." and so this character "should" be <墬>, but maybe different editions vary here?

2010-09-21 08:22:10erroneous character?
Posted by: dsturgeon (Donald Sturgeon)	Many thanks for pointing this out. It looks like <坠> was simply a mistake, so I've changed it to <墬>.
Posted by: dsturgeon (Donald Sturgeon)

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