释西北屯戍汉简中的“缇绩”“缇行胜”

Interpreting the words Tiji and Tixingsheng in the Han Dynasty Slips from Northwest China

"缇绩"学界一般认为指下裳,其实"绩"当读为"帻","缇绩"即"缇帻",指武士所戴的橘红色头巾。"缇行胜",学界众说纷纭,莫衷一是,其实"胜"当读为"幐",指行囊,即出行时随身携带的橘红色袋子。

The word Tiji (缇绩)is generally considered to refer to the clothes on the lower body. In point of fact, the second character Ji (绩)should actually be Ze (帻),meaning that Tiji (缇绩)is Tize (缇帻): the orange headscarf worn by a warrior. The other term, Tixingsheng (缇行胜),has been explained by many scholars but no consensus has yet been reached. The third word Sheng (胜)is most likely the character Teng (幐),meaning travelling bag, which when placed in the context of the Han dynasty can be conclusively connected to the orange bag people of the time would use while travelling.