The paper holds that'quebo(鹊薄)','quebo(却薄)'and'quebo(雀薄)'are three variants of the same word after a textual study on Journey To The West and later documents.'Quebo(确薄)'is the standard form,while'que(鹊)','que(却)'and'que(雀)'are the phonetic loanwords of'que(确)'.Originally'quebo'meant'barren land',and later it was extended to mean'a person w...
