年龄称谓之文化解意

Cultural Interpretation of Age Appellations

中国古代的年龄称谓生动形象、丰富多彩,以《论语》《礼记》等为主要线索形成了结构完备、内涵丰富的年龄称谓体系。各主要来源内部年龄称谓大致完整,总体上遵循从低龄到高龄、先《论语》后《礼记》、同一年龄的称谓由男及女的顺序;多数称谓恰当贴切、耐人寻味,具有深广的古文化底蕴。

Age appellations in ancient China are vivid and colorful, which formed a well-structured age-addressing system with profound connotations, mainly based on The Analects of Confucius and The Book of Rite. The features of systematism are that the origins of inherent appellations of age are comparatively integrated, abiding by the se- quence of age, and first adopting titles from The Analects of Confucius and then from The Book of Rite; when people of the same age being addressed, males are prior to females. Most appellations are appropriate, thought-provoking and with broad and profound ancient cultural connotations.