《天问》中的“爰“半是疑问代词

On the figure of speech and use of "Yuan" in Tianwen

《天问》中的"爰",王逸注为"於也",人们习而不察,但这个解释实际似是而非。因为《天问》是以质问的方式行文,疑问代词成为全篇语法的结构主体,其中"爰"大半充当疑问代词,表示谓语动词的行为方式,作状语,构成全句的疑问形式。

According to Wang Yi′s note,'Yuan' meant 'Yu' in Tianwen.In the past,nobody doubted its correctness.but the note is apparently right but acctually wrong.The manner of writing of Tianwen is a question.Interrogative pronouns form the main grammar body of the article.Among them,'Yuan',which indicates the action of predicate,used as adverbial,,formimg the question form of the whole sentence,is mostly a interrogative pronour.