Terminology Analysis on Zhiyan in Maoshijian
Resource
臺大中文學報, 35, 001-042
Journal
臺大中文學報
Journal Issue
35
Pages
001-042
Date Issued
2011-12
Date
2011-12
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Abstract
While scholiasts usually define zhiyan (之言) as a term used to indicate the origin of a Chinese character, this study makes a different discovery with a statistical analysis of zhiyan in Maoshijian (《毛詩箋》) of Zheng Xuan (鄭玄). Though zhiyan may indicate the origins of characters, cognates (同源字), Zhuan Zhu characters (轉注字), derivative cognates (轉語), Jia Jie characters (假借字), original characters for glosses (以本字為訓), and combined-syllable characters (合音字), its primary function is to elaborate the meanings of texts, and only occasionally is it applied to origins of characters. This is because of two reasons. First, since Maoshijian is a scholiastic book, the application of zhiyan is derived from the concept of scholium. Second, zhiyan in Zheng’s Sanlizhu (《三禮注》) is applied to origins of characters, but afterward it is applied to the meanings under the influence of Mao’s Chuan (毛《傳》).
Since the publication of Maoshijian, zhiyan has officially become a term applied to meanings of texts, causing the scholiasts of following generations to use zhiyan and even sound glosses (聲訓) to indicate meanings. This transformation shows the profound significance of Zheng Xuan’s doctrine.
Subjects
鄭玄、毛詩箋、訓詁術語、之言、聲訓Zheng Xuan, Maoshijian, scholium terminology, zhiyan, sound glosses
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journal article
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