从“旗、族”等字看先民的箭矢崇拜

Arrow Worship from the Characters of "Qi" and "Zu"

从汉字尚形表意的特点出发,通过"旗、族"等字的形义分析及其同源词的系联,可以疏理出"族"字本义的由来及意义流变;通过对远古时代礼俗特点的考察,运用文化人类学等方法,指出"族"字意义的产生与先民的箭矢崇拜有关;进行人类文化学、民俗学、礼学等多种学科的综合研究,可以使汉字研究呈现一种新的局面,并促进汉文化史等相关学科的研究。

From the characteristic of Chinese Character, which express meaning with form, this paper analyzed the form and meaning of Qi and Zu and the relationship with their cognate words, then the origin and changing of Zu. By reviewing the etiquette and customs in ancient times and using the cultural anthropology and other approaches, this paper pointed out that the meaning of Zu had a close relation with arrow worship in ancient. By comprehensive studying the cultural anthropology, folklore, the ritual study and other kinds of subjects and synthetic study, a new situation about Chinese character will be presented and the research of Chinese cultural history will be promoted.