“貴尹”求義

An Explanation of Guiyin (貴尹)

《上海博物馆藏战国楚竹书》（五）中，有一段简文引起了诸多学者的争议。对于简文的句读和释读，学者们众说纷纭，莫衷一是。后有学者根据传世文献中“竖刁”白宫和“易牙”食子对举的有关记载，提出这段简文可能涉及“竖刁”自残一事。本文搜罗各家之说，并赞成简文内容与“竖刁”自宫有关的说法；在此基础之上，提出自己的句读和释读。本文运用上古音韵学的知识将“贵尹”读为“[疒贵]朘”，即“去势”，亦即中国古代割去男子生殖器之宫刑。本文联系“贵尹”的训释，将郭店简中的“[士勿]”字理解为战国时期指青年男子生殖器的专用名词，后被淘汰。

There is a paragraph in the Vol. 5 of the Bamboo Slips Collected in Shanghai Museum, which rose a keen discussion in the academic field. The experts had different ideas on the comprehension to the paragraph. According to the recordation of Shudiao’s castration and Yiya’s giving his son to other people for eating, some scholars thought the paragraph was concerned with Shudiao. The present article agrees with the suggestion after combing these various opinions. From the view of Chinese ancient phonetics, "guiyin" was pronounced as "kuiyin (■朘)" which means castrating. Bases on such comprehension, the author takes the word as a proper noun for young man’s genitalia during the period of the Warring States, but later, it fell to disuse.