Classical Chinese Pronunciation in Antiquity
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ɕia dʲi̯ěɡ dʲi̯ək ʂi̯ər sli̯əɡ dʲi̯ǎk ɕi̯ět ɕiəɡ dʑi̯əɡ ɕia dʲi̯ěɡ, dʲi̯ər ʂi̯ər, dʲi̯ad dʲi̯ək dʲi̯əp ʂi̯ər. dʲi̯ěɡ dʲi̯əɡ dʲi̯əɡ ɕi̯ěk dʲi̯əɡ dʲi̯ər ʂi̯ər. dʲi̯əp dʲi̯əɡ, ɕi̯ěk dʲi̯əp ʂi̯ər ɕi̯ěk dʲi̯əɡ. dʲi̯ěɡ dʲi̯əɡ, ɕi̯ěk ɕia dʲi̯ěɡ ɕi̯ěk dʲi̯əɡ. dʲi̯ěɡ dʲi̯ər dʲi̯ěɡ dʲi̯əp ʂi̯ər, dʲi̯əɡ ɕi̯ər ɕi̯ad, sli̯əɡ dʲi̯ěɡ dʲi̯əp ʂi̯ər dʲi̯ad ɕi̯ad. dʲi̯ěɡ dʲi̯əp dʲi̯ěɡ dʲi̯əp ʂi̯ər ɕi̯ər, ɕi̯ěk dʲi̯ǎk ɕi̯ět. dʲi̯ǎk ɕi̯ět ɕi̯əp, dʲi̯ěɡ sli̯əɡ dʲi̯əɡ ɕi̯ək dʲi̯ǎk ɕi̯ět. dʲi̯ǎk ɕi̯ět ɕi̯ək, dʲi̯ěɡ ɕi̯əɡ dʲi̯ək dʲi̯ěɡ dʲi̯əp ʂi̯ər. dʲi̯ək dʲi̯əɡ, ɕi̯əɡ ɕi̯ək dʲi̯ěɡ dʲi̯əp ʂi̯ər, dʲi̯ět dʲi̯əp dʲi̯ǎk ʂi̯ər ɕi̯ər. ɕi̯əɡ ɕi̯ak dʲi̯ěɡ dʑi̯əɡ. |
ɕie̯ ʑie̯ː dʑi̯ək ʂi ʂiː ʑi̯ɛk ɕi̯ět ɕi dʑiː ɕie̯ ʑie̯ː, ʑi ʂi, ʑi̯ɛi dʑi̯ək ʑi̯əp ʂi. ʑie̯ː ʑi ʑi ɕi̯ɛk ʑiː ʑiː ʂi. ʑi̯əp ʑi, ɕi̯ɛk ʑi̯əp ʂi ɕi̯ɛk ʑiː. ʑǐe̯ː ʑi, ɕi̯ɛk ɕie̯ ʑie̯ː ɕi̯ɛk ʑiː. ʑie̯ː ʑiː ʑǐe̯ː ʑi̯əp ʂi, ʑi ɕiː ɕi̯ɛi, ʂiː ʑǐe̯ː ʑi̯əp ʂi ʑi̯ɛi ɕi̯ɛi ʑie̯ː ʑi̯əp ʑǐe̯ː ʑi̯əp ʂi ɕiː, ɕi̯ɛk ʑi̯ɛk ʑi̯ět. ʑi̯ɛk ɕi̯ět ɕi̯əp, ʑie̯ː ʂiː ʑi ɕi̯ək ʑi̯ɛk ɕi̯ět. ʑi̯ɛk ɕi̯ět ɕi̯ək, ʑie̯ː ɕiː ɕi dʑi̯ək ʑǐe̯ː ʑi̯əp ʂi. dʑi̯ək ʑi, ɕiː ɕi̯ək ʑǐe̯ː ʑi̯əp ʂi, dʑi̯ět ʑi̯əp ʑi̯ɛk ʂi ɕiː. ɕi ɕi̯ɛk ʑǐe̯ː dʑi. |
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Tomb inscription, appearing in classical paintings by Guercino and Poussin, among others. The words probably mean that even the most ideal earthly lives are mortal. Arcadia, a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese, Greece, was the rustic abode of Pan, depicted in literature and art as a land of innocence and ease, and was the title of Sir Philip Sidney’s pastoral romance (1590)
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