《说文解字》雨、风、云三部字的意义及先民自然观解读

Discussion on the meanings of the words in the three parts aboutrain,wind and cloud in Shuo Wen Jie Zi and an interpretation of ancients’ view of nature

《说文解字》雨、风、云三部共收70字,其词义主要体现在对自然现象的称谓及雨量大小的分类描述两大方面。这种现象表明在先秦时期人们已经积累了丰富的关于自然风、云、雨、雪、雷、电的自然现象的认知,大体上体现了古代先民的自然观。

The three parts about rain, wind and cloud in Shuo Wen Jie Zi collect 70 words in total. Word meanings are mainly reflectel in the appellation of natural pohenomena and classified description of amount of rainfall, which shows that people in the pre-Qin period already had much knowledge about natural phenomena such as wind, cloud, rain, snow, thunder and lightning and reveals ancients’ view of nature.