Abstract
The paper claims that simplification of initials, restructuring of rime categories, and increasing differentiation of tones are three main tendencies of phonological developments from Old Chinese to Middle Chinese. It also points out that the instability of medials, which triggered most of the changes of initial consonants and vowels, and the discontinuity of corresponding rime categories, which was caused by restructuring, are the most important features that characterize the phonological history of this period. Some detailed explanations are given as well.
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