箸问世时期新论——由“箸”字产生演变的历程来考察

A New Conception of the Advent of Chopsticks:Investigating the Evolution of the Word “箸”

箸,今称筷,是在中华文明圈内,人群日常生活所用的一种进食工具。因研究视角的不同,对箸或用箸的历史根源产生了不同的论述,大致可归为两类:"新石器时代论"和"殷商时代论",二者有一点相同,即都把箸起源定在文字初创或之前,受此推断的框限和导引,人们往往摒弃了认真利用文字史料的可能性。文章另辟蹊径,以文字史料作钥匙,从文字与事物事态的相伴相生关系出发,由"箸"字产生演变的历史过程来观察探索实物工具箸的历史起源和演变过程。由此证明:箸问世于春秋战国时期,而非殷商时代,更非新石器时代。

The word ＂箸＂ which means chopsticks in Chinese,is a kind of eating tools used in daily life in the circle of Chinese usage of chopsticks can be Shang Era＂, both of which limitation and guidance of ation. According to different h perspectives,the study of the advent roughly classified into two categories,that is,＂the Neolithic Age＂ and being before the creation of words this inference,the possibility of historical study on words is often abandonedTherefore this article tries to take a different approach of words study as the key to investigate the origins and evolution of chopsticks from the relationship between the word ＂箸＂ and its development of state. It proves that chopsticks appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period but notin the Shang Dynasty nor the Neolithic Age.