“何以……为”系列固定结构之我见

New Explaination of Ancient Chinese Structure“he yi …… wei”

“何以……为”是古汉语中表示反问的固定结构 ,由“以……为何”句式发展而来 ,其中“何”是疑问代词 (或称语气副词 )作状语 ;“以”是动词或助动词 ,语义较复杂 ;“为”经常出现于句末 ,虚化为语气词 。

The essay gives an analysis on the view of the settled structure 'he yi……wei', and puts forward the authors viewpoints, that is 'he yi……wei' is the settled structure, which stands for rhetorical question. The structure is developed from the pattern 'yi……wei', during which 'he ' is a questionary pronoun, used as adverbial. 'Yi' is a verb or auxiliary verb, as for the meaning, its complicated. 'Wei' is an auxiliary word that indicates mood, and it often appears at the end of the sentence. But the time when 'wei' is changed into an auxiliary word cant be fixed, it can be decided by specific contexts.