中古佛经中的委婉语考析

A study of a group of euphemisms in the Chinese version of the Buddhist Scriptures

汉译佛经是汉语史研究的重要语料,尤其是汉语词汇史研究的重要语料。中古佛经中表示性行为的委婉语如交通、交会、接、通情、同房,可以在词义和始见年代上供汉语词汇史研究者和辞书编纂者参考。

Words and expressions in the Chinese version of the Buddhist Scriptures are useful for the research on the lexical history of the Chinese language. Five words and expressions in the Buddhist Scriptures-jiaotong, jiaohui, jie, tongqing, tongfang, are studied in this paper.