“喝”表示“饮用”义的始见年代及其书证

Initial Time When He 喝 Denotes Drinking and Its Textual Evidence

用“喝”表示“把液体或流食咽下”始见于何时?学术界有不同意见:明代中期、元代或元代初期、宋代。讨论这个问题,重要的是对书证的分析。通过对相关书证的分析,“喝”表饮用的始见年代不可能是宋代、元代,也不是明代中期,而应是明代前期。

When did he 喝 begin to contract the idea of swallowing liquid or fluid food? There are different opinions about it in the academic circle: in the middle of Ming Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, or Song Dynasty. It is very important to analyze the textual evidence about he. The analysis of the quotations shows that the beginning time when he expressed drinking was in the early Ming Dynasty, not Yuan, Song and middle Ming Dynasty.