Ninety-Four Most Frequent Characters and Sixteen Lexical Features of Three Ancient Chinese Vernacular Novels

This dataset provides a normalized frequency of ninety-four Most Frequent Characters (MFCs) and normalized values of sixteen lexical features of each chapter of three ancient Chinese vernacular novels, Marriage Bonds to Awaken the World (Xing Shi Yin Yuan Zhuan 醒世姻緣傳; MBAW), Pu Songling’s Popular Songs from Leisure Studio (Liao Zhai Li Qu Ji 聊齋俚曲集; PSLS), and Ding Yaokang’s Sequel to the Plum in Golden Vase (Xu Jin Ping Mei 續金瓶梅; SPGV). MBAW is an important work in the developing process of Chinese long vernacular novels. However, a significant question of MBAW, the authorship of this novel, remains shrouded in mystery. There are two dominant conjectures about the author of MBAW, one is Pu Songling 蒲松齡 (1640-1715) and the other is Ding Yaokang 丁耀亢 (1599-1669). The data can be used to evaluate if the authorship of MBAW can be attributed to either Pu Songling or Ding Yaokang through a comparative examination of the linguistic stylings of MBAW and two other novels from the same genre, PSLS and SPGV, which have been confirmed as the works of Pu Songling and Ding Yaokang, respectively. The 94 MFCs of the two novels are as follows: 了, 的, 不, 一, 是, 人, 他, 說, 來, 子, 你, 我, 個, 這, 那, 有, 道, 著, 也, 去, 家, 上, 裡, 大, 在, 就, 到, 得, 又, 兩, 日, 麼, 下, 只, 好, 見, 要, 頭, 還, 叫, 出, 兒, 沒, 把, 看, 老, 二, 小, 姐, 十, 娘, 生, 三, 門, 都, 回, 如, 打, 知, 心, 做, 才, 相, 起, 自, 過, 可, 合, 天, 時, 事, 與, 官, 甚, 銀, 公, 中, 夫, 吃, 前, 無, 後, 將, 怎, 們, 年, 外, 些, 問, 走, 聽, 待, 多, and 進. Definitions of the 16 lexical features are provided in the second worksheet of the Excel file named “Lexical features”.本數據集提供了三部中國古代白話小說各章節的九十四個高頻漢字（Most Frequent Characters，MFC）的歸一化詞頻，以及十六個詞彙特徵的歸一化取值。這三部小說分別為：《醒世姻緣傳》（Marriage Bonds to Awaken the World，MBAW）、蒲松齡《聊齋俚曲集》（Pu Songling’s Popular Songs from Leisure Studio，PSLS）以及丁耀亢《續金瓶梅》（Ding Yaokang’s Sequel to the Plum in Golden Vase，SPGV）。《醒世姻緣傳》（以下簡稱MBAW）是中國長篇白話小說發展進程中的重要作品，但其作者歸屬問題至今仍籠罩在迷霧之中。關於MBAW的作者，目前存在兩種主流猜想：其一為蒲松齡（1640-1715），其二為丁耀亢（1599-1669）。本數據集可通過對比分析MBAW與另外兩部同類型小說（PSLS與SPGV）的語言風格，驗證MBAW的作者歸屬是否為蒲松齡或丁耀亢；其中PSLS與SPGV已分別被證實為蒲松齡與丁耀亢的作品。本數據集涵蓋的94個高頻漢字如下：了、的、不、一、是、人、他、說、來、子、你、我、個、這、那、有、道、著、也、去、家、上、裡、大、在、就、到、得、又、兩、日、麼、下、只、好、見、要、頭、還、叫、出、兒、沒、把、看、老、二、小、姐、十、娘、生、三、門、都、回、如、打、知、心、做、才、相、起、自、過、可、合、天、時、事、與、官、甚、銀、公、中、夫、吃、前、無、後、將、怎、們、年、外、些、問、走、聽、待、多、進。十六個詞彙特徵的定義詳見名為"Lexical features"的Excel文件的第二個工作表。