Edwin G. Pulleyblank
"Tiān" reconstructions in Middle Chinese (ca. 6th–10th centuries CE) include "t'ien" (Bernhard Karlgren), "t'iɛn" (Zhou Fagao), "tʰɛn" &gt; "tʰian" (Edwin G. Pulleyblank), and "then" (William H. Baxter, Baxter &amp; Sagart). Reconstructions in Old Chinese (ca. 6th–3rd centuries BCE) include *"t'ien" (Karlgren), *"t'en" (Zhou), *"hlin" (Baxter), *"thîn" (Schuessler), and *"l̥ˤin" (Baxter &amp; Sagart).