摘要
许慎在《说文解字》中对“法”字的经典解释,高度凝聚了秦汉时期人们关于“法”这一现象的认识,并影响了整个中国思想史。然而,当代学者对许慎的解释是否符合“法”字发生时代的原始意义提出了怀疑,从而启发我们重新探寻“法”字的原始意义。本文从“法”字本身表现的事实出发,从“水”“”“去”三个部分,分别检索古老的传世文献和地下出土文物,证诸神话传说和文化人类学材料、回溯到上古初民的社会生活中,重现了“法”的原始形象。
The classical interpretation of “law” by Xu Shen in his masterpiece “interpreting the Chinese language and characters” has been a highly condensed understanding and knowledge of phenomenon by people during the Han Dynasty, and has influenced the history of Chinese thinking. However, contemporary scholars suspect that whether Xu Shen’s interpretation was in conformity with the original ontological meaning of “Law”, thus evoking us to explore the facts exemplified by character“law” itself, to index antique literature and underground relics from the words components“water” and “go”. The aim of this article is to re-demonstrate the original image of “law” by proving myth legends and cultural anthropological materials and by tracing back to the primitive society.
出处
《湖南大学学报（社会科学版）》
2005年第4期18-22,共5页
Journal of Hunan University(Social Sciences)
关键词
法
水
去
《说文解字》
原始宗教
law
water
go
interpreting the Chinese language and characters
primitive
