“桑”的语言文化意蕴阐释

On the Linguistic and Cultural Meaning of“Mulberry”

在人类历史的变迁过程中,人们在生活、劳动中认识了身边的植物,并透过植物的自然属性,赋予其社会与文化意义。"桑"是中国早期农业社会中重要的生活、生产资源,其所指喻的社会、文化意义颇为丰富。与"桑"相关的词语从生命意蕴、女性意蕴到家宅文化意蕴,其文化内涵呈现为不断扩展的复杂的动态过程,体现了古代词语意义生动、活跃的状态和其拓展、变化的规律。词语意义的变化是社会历史文化背景的有力证明,社会生活的变化在语词的使用中得到印证。

In the change of human history,people recognized plants growing around through life and labor,and gradually attached social and cultural significance to plants through their natural features.＂Mulberry＂tree was an important resource for living and producing in early Chinese agricultural society,and it had a profound metaphorical social and cultural meaning.The change of word meaning was a powerful indicator of social and historical cultural background,and the change of social life was proved in the use of words.The word＂mulberry＂was another reflection of this point.Words related to＂mulberry＂reflected a complex and dynamic development of life implication,women implication and home culture implication,which showed the vivid and active status of ancient words and their expanding and transforming rules.