“瀵泉”新考

The Word Spring's Origin and Development in Ancient China

采用电子数据库全文检索方法,从《文渊阁四库全书》中查找"瀵泉"有关的早期史料并从版本流传角度考辨其确切年代。将"瀵"字产生时间定位至196-288年之间。表喷泉时,"濆"是古代的正字,"喷"表有口活物喷水或气,明清时因人造喷泉增多,二字开始等同。"瀵"除用作专名外,还用来做"濆"的异体字。

Using the method of Full-Text Search from the Database of Sikuquanshu to seek out the records about , which is a Chinese character generally refer to spring in midstream of the Yellow River, then to certify what time they had been written. It disclosed the characters would be created from 196 BC to 288 BC. Then it finds out when referring to the spring ~ is used. But another word means water or liquids from the mouth of living animals, and it gets popular when fountains become commonly in Ming and Qing dynasties. Hence, the two words are the same meaning since then. Sometimes is a variant for .