Abbreviation of Wu dialect

The evolution of the "Golden Gate County Records" in the Republic of China said, "Golden Gate hangs alone overseas, and its old name is Wuzhou, also known as Zhou Xian. There are small islands in the north, big islands in the northwest and fierce islands in the southwest, which are staggered in the early Ming Dynasty. " When Zhou Dexing built a city on the island in the early Ming Dynasty, it was renamed Wuzhou Jinmen with the meaning of "Jincheng Hall". It can be seen that Jinmen was an island in the early Ming Dynasty and has been passed down to this day. Rather than as Ci Hai said, "Jinmen gradually became an island name in the Qing Dynasty." According to a very practical navigation guide book in the Ming Dynasty, In the section of "Map of state capitals, depth of water potential, silted reefs", Wu Yuyun said: "Wu Taishan and Wu Yu were outside zhangzhou port, and filled the water for 20 times". (4) It can be seen that Wu dialect belongs to Zhangzhou and is not confused with Jinmen. Jinmen was called Wuzhou and Zhouxian in ancient times, and there were other nicknames such as Cangwu, Wujiang and Wuhai, but it was never called Wu Yu for short. Wuyu in ancient books before the Qing Dynasty refers to Wuyu Island today, which often appears at the same time or side by side with Wuzhou and Jinmen in literature. Chi Xianfang, a scholar of Amin Dynasty, said in the book Duke Brown and Bian Que that ... he stayed in Laowuyu Island during the flood season and went out to visit Wuzhou and other places. ⑤ (Left and Right is short for Left Guerrilla. The old Wu dialect is Wu dialect, and the Ming people call it "Lao" because they think it is the difference between Wu dialect and Shuizhai. We'll talk about this problem later, so we won't press it for the time being. ) In the section "Water Potential from Northern Wutai to Guangdong and Guangxi Mountains" in the Guide to the Dharma in the early Qing Dynasty, the article "Golden Gate" was juxtaposed with "Wu Yu" and "Wu Yu". (6) Local chronicles such as Quanzhou Prefecture Records and Xiamen Zhi Zhi also distinguish Wu dialect from Jinmen. So obviously, Wu dialect and Wuzhou dialect are not two places in the same place, and Wu dialect is not the abbreviation of Wuzhou dialect.