《说文广义》与清代说文研究

Shuowenguangyi and Research of Shuowen in Qing Dynasty

王船山的《说文广义》是清代说文研究的开山之作,补脱漏,辨流俗,明假借,审字音,研究内容丰富。最大的贡献在于首次以专著形式研究词义引申。该书的湮没有其历史原因,我们有必要确立它在说文学和汉语史上的应有地位。

Shuowenguangyi, written by Wang Chuanshan, was the pioneering works which studies Shuowen in Qing Dynasty. In this book, Wang has supplied the missing characters, distinguished the phonetic loan characters and went over the pronunciation of the characters. It has rich content. The greatest contribution lies in the research on the extended meaning of characters. There were some historical reasons for its burring into oblivion. Its statue should be established in the research realm of Chinese history and Shuowen studies.