《广雅疏证》之合声证义与倒言证义

Proving Meaning by Hesheng and by Daoyan in Guangya Shuzheng

合声证义与倒言证义是《广雅疏证》中所运用的众多证义方法中的两种。"合声"指将二字之音合成一字之音,其一字与二字同义,合声证义即指以其二字之义证明其一字之为训,属以声证义手段。"倒言"指将原双音节词语之单字次序颠倒,其单字逆序形式与原形式同义,倒言证义即指以其单字逆序词语之义证明其原序词语之为训,属一般证义手段。

Proving meaning by Hesheng and by Daoyan are the two major explanatory methods used in Guangya Shuzheng.Hesheng is the phenomenon of combining the sounds of two characters into one,of which the corresponding character shares the same meaning with the two characters;Proving meaning by Hesheng,one of the means of searching meaning through sound,is the way of verifying the explanation of the one character with the meaning of the two.Daoyan is the phenomenon of reversing the order of the two characters that compose a word,without changing the meaning of the original form;Proving meaning by Daoyan,a common interpreting method,then refers to proving the explanation of the original form with the meaning of the reversed one.