曹本《续复古编》概说

A General Introduction to Xu Fugubian by Cao Ben

《续复古编》是元代曹本编撰的一部“复古”类专书,曹本在《说文》小篆的基础上,广泛搜求典籍用字、器物款识、古文奇字以辩证俗字、讹字。《续复古编》的字形在构件、结构、书写等方面与《说文》小篆有明显差异,可据以比勘古文字、校正《说文》字形;从学史来看,《续复古编》是元代的一部重要字书,是研究当时正俗字观念的重要参考;《续复古编》中所使用的一系列用语也是研究当时字际关系的切入点;它对汉字形、音、义的辨析充分体现了“一点一画皆有意焉”的理念,也是当今识字教学所应注意者。

Based on the small seal scripts of Shuowen,Cao Ben extensively searched for the characters used in ancient books,utensils,and ancient Chinese characters to distinguish the common characters and the erroneous characters.There are obvious differences between the Chinese characters in the components,structure,writing and so on,which can be used to compare the ancient characters and correct the Chinese characters.From the perspective of academic history,the book is an important calligraphy book of the Yuan Dynasty and an important reference for the study of the concept of the standard and popular characters at that time.Its discrimination of the form,sound and meaning of Chinese characters fully embodies the idea that“every stroke is intentional”,which should be paid attention to in today’s literacy teaching.