试论太平天国文献俗字研究的意义

On the Research Significance on Document and Nonstandard Forms of Chinese Characters of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

研究太平天国文献的俗字有着重要意义:有助于界定太平天国文献的用字性质;更好地释读太平天国文献;更清楚地认识部分汉字形体演变和发展的规律;更好地认识广西俗字与广西方言之间的关系;部分俗字的形体构意揭示了粤西的民俗状况及社会心理。

The study on document and nonstandard forms of Chinese characters of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is of great significance： it is helpful to define the nature of the words used in the documents,to better conduct research on and explain the texts of the Heavenly Kingdom,to clearly understand the law of development of the forms of Chinese characters,and to better understand the relationship between the nonstandard forms of Chinese characters and dialects in Guangxi;and the structures of some Chinese characters reveal the folk customs and psychological culture in west Guangdong.