从古文字形体看古代社会的风俗与文化

From the Font of Old Style to See the Custom and Culture of Archaic Society

字形是汉字三要素之一,其本身具有重要的价值。由于汉字形体总量巨大,加之汉字具有以形表意的性质,因此,汉字形体隐含了古代社会众多方面的信息。依据甲骨文、金文等古文字形体材料,我们可以了解到先民们所处时代的风俗与文化方面的一些内容,例如当时的饮食起居、生产劳动、刑罚战争、神话传说等。

Font is one of the three elements of Chinese characters. Itself has many important values. The amount of font is huge, and Chi nese character has the quality of using font to convey meaning. So the font includes many kinds of information about the hoary society. Using the material of oracle bone inscriptions and inscriptions on ancient bronze objects. We can have a expatiate of archaic society＇s custom and cul ture. Such as the diet and daily life, yield and labor, punishment and war, legend and so on.