文化审美观照下的“家”之本义略考

Reflections on the Meaning of Chinese Character "Jia" from the Visual Angle of Cultural Aesthetic Appreciation

许慎在《说文解字》中把“家”看作是形声字,认为它是从豭省声。段玉裁则认为“家”是会意字,应该归入豕部。同时还认为“家”的本义是猪圈,用以指人的居所则是词义引伸的结果。段氏对“家”形体构造的分析是正确的,但他在分析其本义时则是不当的。从造字的文化心理、民族审美心理的角度看,“家”是从宀从豕的间接会意字,其本义是人的居所。

XU Shen considered the Chinese character 'jia' as a word with sound in Shuo Wen -lie 2r .while DU-AN Yu-cai regarded it as a word with meaning. DUAN's analysis on the Chinese character 'jia'is right,but his analysis of its basic meaning is not proper. Form the point of cultural psychology and national aesthetic appreciation psychology of the coinage of the character,the real meaning of 'jia'is the residence of human beings.