走马楼吴简习语考释

A Terminological Study of the Wu State Inscribed Slips from Zoumalou

一、行钱与具钱 长沙走马楼遗址所出吴简中，简文涉及财物收支记录中的钱，有“行钱”与“具钱”之别，有些简文更提到二者之间存在着一定的比例关系①。由于大部分竹简残损严重，同时具备这两类钱的相应数字者为数很少．目前所见到的只有如下两枚。

A terminological study of the inscribed slips from the Zoumalou site reveals that in the slip texts are a lot of terms never seen in the books handed down from ancient times. For example, ＂ju qian 具钱＂ refers to the government-issued standard money; ＂hang qian 行钱, ＂ the money varied in quantity circulated in the market. ＂Ping hu 平斛＂ means the government-issued measuring tools circu- lated in the Wu State; and ＂lin hu 禀斛 ＂ government-used ones exclusively for grain ration. The ＂zhou bi 胄毕, ＂ ＂jiu bi 就毕＂ and ＂jiu bi 僦毕＂ occurring in the records of rent and tax payment are identical in usage and similar in pronunciation. Some words of them might have been formed by using phonetic loan characters, and the ＂僦＂ is probably an original character of the word with the meaning of convey.