从字源看“仁”与礼爱之关系

Exploring Courtesy and Humanity from the Origin of “Ren”

"仁"字的发展及其思想的丰富是多种因素综合作用的结果。巫术理性化为"德"以及"礼","礼"的核心为"仁","仁"是以"爱"为核心的人际关系的总括,因此"仁"及其字源包含"礼""爱"思想。"仁"字源于"相人耦"之礼,表现"仁"与"礼"互为表里的关系;"仁"字源于"忎"、"",从东夷风俗和重文符号方面分析寻找的"仁"的最初形态即甲骨文仌、夹、化、弔等,这些字的构字部件及构字方式体现"仁"以爱为核心的思想。

The development and enrichment of Ren have resulted from multiple factors. Rationalness of witchcraft evolved into morals and courtesy, while the core of courtesy is Ren, which is the summary of interpersonal relation based on the core of humanity.Ren and its character origin contain courtesy and humanity, because according to etymology,the chacacter Ren , on one hand, originated from an entiquette, in which two people bow to each other, showing that Ren and Li are indispensable to each other, and on the other hand, the character Ren also originated from the character of 忎 and ,and these two Chinese characters contained the meaning of Humanity; furthermore, from the angle of semiotics, the initial form of Ren, such as 仌、夹、化、弔 and so on, carved on earliest oracle bones, came from the customs of the East Barbaroi and repeating marks with the meaning of Humanity in Ren.