英文摘要 |
The basic composition of “nie()” is the shape of handcuffs, which sounds like “jia甲(or xia柙)” according to scholar's research. In the case of “gu()”, it is composed with “kou(口)” upon “nie()”, sounded like “gao告(or gu梏)”. In oracle bone script and bronze script of the Western Zhou, “nie()” and “gu ()” failed to sound pretty differently; however, later in the warring states period, “gu()” and “nie()” began to sound quite differently. In oracle bone script, basically the shape of “nie()” only has slight diversities, for instance it's shape in bronze script of the Western Zhou can be sorted as: 1. “da(大)” of the upper section; 2. “wen(文)” of the upper section; 3. “” of the upper section; and some mistaken “屮” of the upper section or a superfluously “屮” added on the upper section. Later in the warring states period, it mainly followed the above four styles and not much differed, such as the “” in small seal script followed the “da(大)” of the upper section. More examples can be found in words like “zhi()”, “jia()”, “yi()”, “shi()”, “ju(鞫)”, “zhi()” and others that adopted the meaning or sound from “nie()”. In Han Dynasty, “nie()” followed the writing resembling “kui(圭)” that caused “zhi(執)” and “shi(埶)” mutually mistaken, making “zhou()” in literature a mistaken character of “zhou(盩)”. 。 |