楚简古典籍字用研究略论

On the Study of the Usage of Chinese Characters in the Classical Books of Chu Bamboo Slips

字用研究包括阐释字义引申和说明用法通假,与文字考释既有联系又有区别。目前出土刊布的楚简古典籍主要有郭店楚墓竹简和上海博物馆藏战国楚竹书,相关字用研究成果主要有:释文性专著、单篇性论文、汇集性论著、散见性论著,这些研究成果具有依托于文字考释、零散而缺乏系统、着力于通假而未综论等特点。

The study on the usage of Chinese characters consists of illuminating the derivation of the meaning of Chinese characters and explaining Tongjiazi in the usage of Chinese characters. It both differs and resembles the interpretation of Chinese characters. At present, the main unearthed and published classical books of Chu Bamboo Slips are from the Chu Tomb in Guodian and Shanghai Museum collections. Relevant research results on the usage of those Chinese characters are the monographs paraphrasing the classical books of Chn Bamboo Slips, the individual theses, the aggregative and scattered treatise s. They are generally unsystematic, depend on the interpretation of Chinese characters and put too much effort on Tongjiazi.