“月亮”考

A Study on "yueliang"

本文从历时的角度讨论了“月亮”一词的意义、结构及其形成过程。文章对传统的有关解释提出了不同的看法,认为“月亮”应看作定中结构,其本来意义是“月光”,后由部分指全体,成为“月球的通称”。文章还对其产生时代和原因作了分析。

This paper discusses the meaning and structure of the word 'yueliang'. The paper thinks that the orginal meaning of 'yueliang' is 'moonlight', and then changes from partial reference to a general meaning which can be understood as ' the common name of moon '.