[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 48.42 # 佛祖統紀 48.42 佛祖統紀 48.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.42) 四年。詔以新製蒙古字頒行天下。初上命帝師八合思八製蒙古新字。其字僅千餘。其母凡四十有一。其相關紐而成字者。則有韻關之法。其以二合三合四合而成字者。則有語韻之法。而大要則以諧聲為也。至是詔頒行之。 > In the fourth year, an imperial decree promulgated the newly created Mongolian script throughout the realm. Earlier, the emperor had commanded Imperial Preceptor 'Phags-pa to create a new Mongolian script. Its characters numbered only a little over a thousand, with forty-one letters. For those that were combined and linked to form characters, there were the rules of rhyme articulation; for those formed by combining two, three, or four sounds, there were the rules of phonetic rhyme; and the essential principle was to rely on harmonious sounds. At this point, an imperial decree promulgated it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.41) - [Next: 48.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.43) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.48.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.42) · Pramāṇa