《贤愚经》语词札记

The Notes on the Phrases and Words in Xianyu Jing(贤愚经)

本文讨论了《贤愚经》中的"手许"、"纳"、"虽"三个语词所表示的意义。我们认为:"手许"是"如手许"结构的省略形式,只有当这一结构所修饰的名词性和形容词性中心语同时出现,"许"才演变成为一个助词;"纳"是"衲"的假借字,其义为"粗劣的布";"虽"为"唯"之讹。

The article discusses three phrases or words in Xianyu Jing (贤愚经). We think that Shouxu(手许) is an omitted form of the structure Rushouxu(如手许), and Xu(许) is an auxiliary word only when the noun and the adjective modified by the structure Rushouxu(如手许) appear at the same time; Na(纳) is the borrowed form of Na(衲) and means 'the cheap cloth'; Sui(虽) is the error written form of Wei (唯).