A few days ago, the pronunciation of "Honghu Zhi" by Peking University President Lin Jianhua triggered a lot of cynicism and criticism on the Internet. Let’s stop talking about chicken jelly and let’s see what the pronunciation of the character “鄄” is?
"Shuowen Jiezi" by Xu Shen of the Eastern Han Dynasty is the most authoritative dictionary in the field of ancient Chinese characters. There is a fourth volume in it, "Bird Part", which specifically explains how to pronounce various bird characters, including "鹄" ：
""Swan, Hongshun also. From the sound of birds chirping. Huwoche. "
Have you seen it? "Huwoqie", in ancient philology, XXie means pronunciation, using the initial consonant of "Hu" and the final rhyme of "Wo".
Note Yes, "Wo" is also recorded in "Shuowen Jiezi" as "from water, with the sound of 芺 (yāo)", so the final rhyme of "Wo" is "ao", and what does it mean when paired with "h", the biological mother of "Hu" ? It's "hao"!
There is also a sentence in the ancient pre-Qin Dynasty book "Lu Shi Chun Qiu. Xia Xian": "If you are shy, you should use your wisdom." "Annotations from the ancients: "鄄, Tonghao, Daye", did you see it? "鄄" is a pseudo character, which is the same as "Hao".
It is a good thing to be more serious in academic disputes. Seeing that President Lin has already A public apology was made. But unfortunately, if you trace the source of the text, he read it correctly.