摘要
声训是用音同音近的词解释词义、推寻语源的训诂方法,它经常说明事物的作用、性状、特征,或者训释者根据某种学说、自己的理解,把本来没有联系的两种事物曲折地联系起来,是研究文化史的重要资料。本文即对《说文》中的“酒”、“马”、“羊”、“媒”四条声训主要从文化史的角度进行了疏证和阐释。
Shengxun(声训) is to use words of same or similar pronunciation to interpret another word as well as to discover the origins of its meanings and pronunciation. Usually it interprets function, properties or characteristic of things which the word refers to, or the interpreter relates two things without any relation with each other by some theory or the interpreter抯 knowledge about them. They are important material for the study of culture. This paper interprets HORSE, WINE, GOAT,and MATCHMAKER in SHUWEN form the perspective of the history of culture.
