从语言学视角考释古人对思维器官的认定

Investigation on the Cognizance of the Ancients on Thinking Organs From the Linguistics Angle

古人对思维器官的认定经历了一个较长的时期。最初,"心"被认为是人体的思维器官,与人的心理活动相关的词多以"心"为形符。许慎认为"思"字"从心,囟声",段玉裁将其划入会意字,"从心,从囟"。徐灏笺云:"人之精髓在脑,脑主记忆,故思从囟。"可知,随着对人体功能认识的逐渐深入,"脑"的思维功能被发现,人们对思维器官的认定完成了发展的蜕变。

The cognizance of the ancients on thinking organs experienced a long period.Initially,the heart was considered human thinking organs,and people＇s psychological activity mostly related phrases with word＂Xin＂ for ideographic component.According to different explana-tions in word ＂Si＂ between Xu Shen,Duan Yucai and Xu Hao,we should know that with the gradual in-depth understanding human body func-tion,the thinking brain function was discovered and people on thinking organs of the development of that completed the transformation.