《庄子》中的“则”

On "Ze" in Book of Master Zhuang

《庄子》中的"则"主要有名词、副词、连词三种用法,兼有虚词与实词性质,其中绝大部分是作连词用法。这反映了在《庄子》成书的战国早期,"则"从实词到虚词的虚化进程已经完成。而连词"则"可以作为假设结果连词或顺承连词,其中表假设为其主要功能。

In Book of Master Zhuang, ＂ Ze＂ is used mainly as nouns,adverbs and conjunctions. ＂ Ze＂ can be taken as both a notional and function word and used as a conjunction,in most cases. It indicates that in the early days of Warring States when Book of Master Zhuang came out, ＂ Ze＂ had successfully been extended to be a function word. When used as a conjunction, ＂ Ze＂ can be used for connecting results of assumptions or continuation.The former function accounts for the majority.