殷墟卜辞“朿”字考释

A Decipherment of the Character "朿"in Oracular Inscriptions from the Yin Ruins

1991年10月，中国社会科学院考古研究所安阳工作队在殷墟花园庄东地发掘了一个编号为花东H3的甲骨坑，出土有字甲骨689片。整理者将有刻辞的甲骨编成一共6册的大型甲骨文资料著录书《殷墟花园庄东地甲骨》（以下简称《花东》），于2003年12月由云南人民出版社出版。在这些甲骨刻辞中，有不少新出现的疑难字词，还有一些虽然已经见于旧有甲骨卜辞，

Based on oracle-bone inscriptions unearthed from Locus East of Huayuanzhuang and those previously discovered on the Yin Ruins, the present paper points out that the character ＂ci 朿＂ in oracle-bone inscriptions, in addition to the usual meaning ＂kill with a pointed weapon,＂ is used to mean the buildings of ancestral temples. For example, the words ＂Fu ci 凫朿＂ and ＂Xin ci 新朿＂ refer to this type of building at the places Fu and Xin; and some oracular inscriptions were for divination whether it would be appropriate to hold ＂yi ji 宜祭＂ （sacrifice to God of Earth and consult him about going on a journey or taking other important actions） or ＂gao ji 告祭＂ （sacrifice to ancestors or divinities and consult them about one＇s various intentions） in the ancestral temple buildings of certain places. In these cases ＂ci 朿＂ could be written as with the added component emphasizing the meaning ＂building.＂ In Group Bin of oracular inscriptions, the phrase ＂begged from Xin ci＂ occurs quite frequently, which means that part of the oracle ox-scapulas were got from a certain place＇s ancestral temple building where ox victims had been slaughtered for sacrifice.