汉字起源考略

Ordinary Research on the Chinese Characters

对于汉字起源问题,自古至今,众说纷纭。主要有班固的象形说和许慎的指事说之争。弄清楚汉字的起源,是认识汉字由独体而演进到合体等一系列问题的关键。我们将立足于汉代班固和许慎的六书次第,以期对汉字起源问题进行合理、全面的认识。

About the origin of Chinese characters, there are diverse views form the ancient times to now. Mainly the controversy is between the pictographic saying of Ban Gu and the mater - referring - to saying of Xu Shen. Clarifying the origin of Chinese characteas will influence our viewpoint about the origin and the development of the Chinese characters. We will be based on Ban Gu and Xu Shen＇s order to analyze the origin of Chinese characters reasonably and comprehensively.