《周易参同契》之“鄞鄂”义考

Textual Research on the Meaning of Yin E 鄞鄂 in Zhouyi can tong qi

《汉语大词典》等释"鄞鄂"为"边界""形体"义,并认为《参同契》中的两处"鄞鄂"亦是此义。此释有两处不足:首先,"鄞鄂"的内涵要比上述释义丰富得多;其次,以《参同契》句子为例不妥,《参同契》之"鄞鄂"在炼丹术中是专门术语,有其特定的专门语义。"鄞鄂"源自垠鄂写法,垠鄂包括凹凸状纹饰、开放空间或器物、某空间的四周高起貌等含义。后两种含义为各种词典所无,但它们恰恰决定了"鄞鄂"用作道教炼丹术语时的含义,即表示炼内丹的神室和炼外丹的容器。而《中华道教大辞典》及其他专业词典将"鄞鄂"理解为元神和根蒂等,是借代或是其他比喻的修辞方式,或是空间重合的另外说法。

Abstract：Dictionaries, such as Great Chinese Dictionary,explain Yin E 鄞鄂 as boundary and body, in them, it＇ s believed Yin E 鄞鄂 in can tong qi exactly has the same meaning. There are two defects： firstly, the connotation of Yin E 鄞鄂 is richer than the above interpretations; secondly, it is not appropriate to cite sentences from Can tong qi because Yin E in it is a term in alchemy with particular meaning. Yin E 鄞鄂derives from its homophone which means uneven（ but perhaps regular）ornamentation, an open space or utensil, and high on every side as a space. The last two meanings can not be found in all the dictionaries. However, they determine the significations of Yin E 鄞鄂, while some special dictionaries interpret it as Yuan Sben and Gen Di （ root and base） and so on in terms of metonymy, metaphor, or spatial overlap.