清华简《系年》“■(焉)”字类释

Interpreting and Comparison by Class about“yan”in Tsinghua Bamboo Slips Xi Nian

《系年》作为清华大学藏战国楚竹书的第二辑,为战国之际的历史文献语言研究提供了丰富的材料。《系年》中虚词"焉"字的用法尤其值得我们注意,其"焉始"形式已经在此文献中被作为固定格式使用;"焉+动词"的形式同样具有其独特的语法特色。"焉"字在楚系文字中不同的书写形式以及较为特别的语法用例,与传世文献形成鲜明对比。

The second volume of the Bamboo Slips Collected by Tsinghua University is called Xi Nian.It provides a rich material the literature language study about the history of the Warring States period,in which the functional words ＂yan＂ is of particularly noteworthy.The phrase ＂yan shi＂ has been immobilized in Xi Nian,for ＂yan＋verbs＂ has an unique syntax characteristic,As an Chu script written form, ＂yan＂ have different and more special grammar use case,in contrast with the hand-down-literature from ancient times.