论《三字经》的四重意蕴——《三字经》八百年传播阐释史考察

On Quardruple Meaning of The Three-Character Canon —Review of Its Circulation and Interpretation Throughout Eight Hundred Years

《三字经》八百年的传播影响史,有两大谜团、一大特点,即作者不明、版本不定,却又有一部绵延相续的注释、补订、仿作史;《三字经》的文本阐释史,大致经历了三个阶段,即最初的概括评价,稍后的文本解读,以及现代的学理分析。《三字经》,实质是一部以儒家教育理念为构架,以名物伦常、经子诸史为内容,以劝学策励为宗旨,具有"蒙求之津逮,大学之滥觞"的问学导引功能的蒙学经典,它至少可以作四重解读,包含四重意蕴。

Throughout the eight hundred years since the appearance of The Three-Character Canon,it has been shrouded with two mysteries and one character：unidentifiable author,indefinite content,and yet with an elongated history of annotations,revisions and imitations.The interpretation of The Three-Character Canon went through mainly three phases,which are the general evaluation at the initial period,the textual interpretation later on,and theoretical analysis of the modern age.The Three-Character Canon,a book set on the education ideas of Confucianism,covers fame,ethics,classics and history.It aims to encourage the readers to exert themselves,and introduce reading material for children and researchers as the origin of Great Learning.At least four layers of meanings can be read into the book.