摘要
殳本是上古常用的重兵器之一,战国后这种兵器却没有传承下来,殳为何形,至今未见考实。汉末以来,求索古殳之说虽出现不少,但一般未能摆脱古今混淆的＂如杖＂说的局限。我们通过遍查有关典籍,对记载殳及其相关的语料重新进行深入地科学研究,终于考明：＂殳＂原来是＂椎（锤）＂的上古用字;已经公认的甲骨文、金文之＂殳＂,正是其初文。至于汉以后用＂殳＂指＂杖＂,则是一种假借。
Shu （ 殳）, one of the heavy weapons commonly used in remote ages, failed to be handed down from the period of Warring States, thus its shape is quite mysterious. Since the Western Han Dynasty, though the hypot- heses forms of ancient shu （ 殳） emerged so often, they generally could not free themselves from the limit of mixing cane - like at all times. However, this paper, on the basis of a thorough textual research on the literatures pertinent to shu （ 殳）, arrives at conclusions that firstly, shu （ 殳） is the ancient character for ＂Chui （椎/锤）＂, which owes its origin to the recognized inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells, or inscriptions on bronze, in the Shang Dynasty, and secondly, ＂Zhang （杖）＂ actually is a loaning expression of shu （ 殳）.
关键词
殳
击兵
无刃
《周礼》
《说文解字》
隐含
椎
shu（ 殳）
striking weapons
no - blade（无刃）
Zhouli （周礼）
Shuowen jiezi（说文）
implication（隐含）
Chui（椎）
